Chancer Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I hope that I have got the terminology correct, I am talking about these homeplug things for passing signals along the electrical wiring instead of ethernet cabling or wifi.I want to use one in the Uk to access the internet via my portable PC, my tenant in the main house has wi-fi from Sky but its not powerfull enough to reach my dwelling, the electricity supply to the main house is sub-metered to my place and that is where my concern lies.I have read that the signals cannot be picked up at another dwelling in the street as they stop at the incoming meter, I am hoping that that is just b******t or else I may have a problem, although I want the signal to travel downstream not up, my meter is just a standard metal cased whirly wheel jobbie about 6 years old, nothing hi-tech.Before I buy one of these Denovo Delovo or whatever they are called thingies will they work with an electricity meter in the line between them?Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted October 4, 2011 Share Posted October 4, 2011 I used similar system in chile in 1980 to listen to small child in bedroom, just the sound no internet in those days. I could go to another house and plug it in to a power point but it had to be on the same phase, it would not pass through a transformer. So it was restricted to some 15 residential houses close to each other.Things wont have changed much in 30 years.[:)]So I suspect that the winding on a differential breaker either 500 ma on the EDF breaker or the 30 ma local breaker would block it.That said with a bit of ingenuity it should be possible to bridge the intermediate breaker by using an extra 2 CPLs connected across the breaker via an ethernet RJ45 cable.If you buy CPLs be careful to get a high bandwidth if you are going to watch video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Curious why you are taking a CPL option when an RJ45 cable would be cheaper.I have a pair of CPLs currently not in use in garden; for a while I used them to connect the AliceBox to the Samsung TV; but got a 10 metre cable for €3 at a car boot which works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 I am hoping that it will cross the 30ma breaker in the 16th edition secondary tableau, Nubeginnings uses them to connect the staff cottages to the main chateau, I know these have their own tableaus with 30ma ID's it was my meter that concerned me, the modern ones use an inductive collar so I am pretty certain that they would work, its been a few years since I have had the seals off a meter to do a bit of trucage inside and I cant recall their construction.Cant use an RJ45 cable as apart from disturbing the tenants to run it across the house it has to tunnel under two gardens a fence and two paths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachapapa Posted October 5, 2011 Share Posted October 5, 2011 Thanks for info on 30 ma differentials and use by NuBugs confirming functionality.I shall eventually install them on the terrace extension electrics during the winter; planning to use traditional porcelain fittings and exposed cables.[:P] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted October 5, 2011 Author Share Posted October 5, 2011 Do you want me to save mine for you when I finally replace them? The fabric insulated wiring has seen better days though, the metal staples used to secure the twin core bell wire used for the power circuits have rotted the fabric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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