I think it gets a little more complicated (still not rocket science) if you want more than one homeplug system to share the same power wiring. Like in an MDU. I think kits containing 2 units are already paired and the problem would only occur if adding additional units.
Also note you should try to plug them directly into the outlet and avoid going through surge strips or other devices that may contain filters. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2020 3:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Powerline adapters Dumber than dumb. I pluged them in. The little lights blink. Done. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/25/2020 12:05 PM, Steve Jones wrote: how user friendly are these, like would they work as something to provide customers as well? On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 1:22 PM Bill Prince <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: I'm not so sure about the same phase, but at least the same sub-panel. I've had poor results if the adapters are going through different sub-panels, or if the round-trip from adapter-panel-adapter is too long. Our house has structured wiring EXECPT for the TV. Rather than make a new run from our network hub to the TV, I just installed a pair of power line adapters, and it works great. It's been this way for at least a couple of years now without problems. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 11/25/2020 10:55 AM, Josh Luthman wrote: Mikrotik makes one. You do have to be in the same phase, keep that in mind. In our case we've got a DC plan on the ground and just pay $18/mo for a Sprint data card. It's a lot easier than running cable up/down the building - at the very least we'd need a ~200 foot crane to be able to do it. Not for just monitoring some batteries! Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 1:51 PM Steve Jones <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: You know those powerline to ethernet extenders? Are they reliable and would there be any issue with them on a battery backup circuit? We us apc smartups, we have a couple grain elevators where all our gear it up top, this will be more common as they mandate conduit at the sites. Instead of running everything down strapped to the site conduit we will have to put our own in. Thay length of run is no good for pvc and it runs us about 6k to put in 2 1-1/2 emt runs with breakouts. And that's only when theres room in the chase. So we are going to just move to a single dedicated 110v circuit run to the top with our generator cutover at the bottom. Batteries last longer at ground level where they're shaded in the summer and wind doesnt blow away all the heat in the winter so we are going to put the apc at the bottom and eat the power drop if there is much til we go to DC solutions. In the mean time we need to monitor the apcs. Many sites wont have wireless visibility between top and bottom so we need an alternative. As I understand it apc output is square not true sinewave, would that impact those ethernet over powerline extenders? These only connect at 10mb anyway so throughput and all that are irrelevant, though it will be kind of nice to have a data port below for troubleshooting. -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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