[Sussex] Home Automation and Ethernet over powerline
Richie Jarvis
richie at helkit.com
Sun Nov 12 22:09:46 UTC 2006
Nic James Ferrier wrote:
> Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel at gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> Whether this is what's happening in your setup is something that can be
>> investigated with a good low-capacitance, high-voltage capable
>> oscilloscope. But those aren't cheap: doing some plug it in, try it
>> without a power strip in the way, etc. sort of testing is easy and
>> reasonably safe.
>>
>
> Which is, of course, what I've done.
>
> That's how I know that without the power strip it's ok. With the power
> strip (unfortunately necessary) it's not.
>
>
Interesting - I have EOPL 85Mbps units plugged into surge-protection
strips, and they work fine, without any issues. My MythTV frontend in
the lounge runs off it without any issues.
I guess it depends on the strip, and the house-wiring.
Cheers,
Richie
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