Darth Hammer 10:03 Sun Apr 19
Sparky question - House circuit 1 or 2?
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Hi all you amazing electricians, I was looking into buying this TP-Link TL-WPA4220KIT 2-Port Powerline Adapter or something similar but many Wired extenders with an Ethernet port for a wired connection say "...products need to be connected to the same electrical circuit and must be deploy in sets of two or more."
How can I tell if my house has one circuit or 2? or If I'm connecting the Adapter to the 'same' cicrcuit?
I'm in a normal ground floor, 1st floor, terraced house in East London. Only one fuse box in the cellar staircase.
Thanks, any and all advice (serious and sarcastic) appreciated
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3:29 Tue Apr 21
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As long as your neighbour does not think it’s a mass grave.
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COOL HAND LUKE
3:27 Tue Apr 21
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Ag! Sir Gunk Gobbalot strikes again...
Listen, muppet nuts... I am currently (see what I did there?) digging a huge 1 metre deep / 3 metre wide hole in the garden for a 14' Jumpking In-Ground Trampoline... (...and no, I can't get a mini digger in, or I wouldn't be fucking digging it, would I..?)
Consequently, after a few hours of that (almost 7 cubic to come out altogether) I just about have enough energy left to switch a light on, never mind fuck about sorting anybody else's problems.
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gank
3:39 Tue Apr 21
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Listen, Cool Hand Sparks, I know you're off work but he's not asking for a new board and a rewire job. He asked about some very basic powerline adaptors and he's already got the answers, so keep your NVQ Electrotechnician bollocks out of this.
Now fuck off
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COOL HAND LUKE
1:45 Tue Apr 21
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You say the fuse box / consumer unit has no labels on the individual circuits? How old is it? Does it still need fuse wire, or do you have MCBs? Usually it will tell you the ampage rating of each fuse ON the fuse, so you can have a good idea which is lighting / ring main etc.
In the absence of anything too simple, what is stopping you turning off one fuse at a time, and trotting round all the sockets with a plug in device (hairdryer, table lamp) to see which are affected?
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bruuuno
11:06 Mon Apr 20
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amazing. seems like a pain in the bollocks to me but great if you have a massive gaff
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gank
3:45 Mon Apr 20
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You still here? I thought I told you to fuck off!
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Darth Hammer
1:42 Mon Apr 20
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Many thanks all, so bottom line, there is no test to see if you have 2 circuits, but don't really need a test, should work, just buy and try it, should be fine and I should now 'F*@k off'...got it, thanks :)
you're all wonderful people, stay safe!
COYI! (whenever that may be)
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11:34 Mon Apr 20
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The way to get WiFi into your garden shed.
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Westside
11:32 Mon Apr 20
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Wtf is a power line adapter?
Adapts electrical wiring socket to socket, so it can carry internet signal.
So you can can have the internet on hard wired basis, rather than wireless. Less degradation of internet speed.
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munkyfunk
10:43 Mon Apr 20
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My virgin media router is under stairs.
Home plugs plugged in and work two floors up no problem in loft extn.
Doubt very much your have an issue unless you have an annexe on its own consumer unit or a house split in two for a rental.
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Syd Puddefoot
10:23 Mon Apr 20
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Glad it has been explained to me. My house has seperate circuits upstairs and downstairs but the powerline adaptors still worked which confused me. Now I know why.
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bruuuno
1:38 Mon Apr 20
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Wtf is a power line adapter?
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Side of Ham
12:55 Mon Apr 20
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Well this really is a Darth question......
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gph
12:33 Mon Apr 20
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Many older houses were wired by incompetent electricians - I used to live in a house where the red covered wires were neutral and the black covered ones were live, the reverse of what they were supposed to be when the house was built.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if some houses out there had circuits with different phases, and not necessarily neatly divided with one phase for sockets and the other for lighting.
The older the house, if it hasn't been rewired, the more likely it is to have odd wiring arrangements.
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lowermarshhammer
12:29 Mon Apr 20
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Gank 1130
Correct in saying that the OP is overthinking the issue but to give Darth a modicum of credit he's probably a bit more.on the ball than some of the illiterate around the house new breed of twats that seem to have been born from about 1985 onwards.
My neighbour asked for my help to show him how to disconnect his washing machine a few months back as it needed to be moved prior to getting a new floor put in.
Thick cunt.
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joe royal
12:16 Mon Apr 20
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Uncle Gank used to just sort your problems, now he sorts them AND tells you to fuck off for free.
Top bloke.
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gank
11:49 Sun Apr 19
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"And in next week's episode, I'll show you how to safely spike a three-phase outdoor circuit so that you can chase and steal the copper to the floodlights. Now fuck off"
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yngwies Cat
11:45 Sun Apr 19
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gank 11:30 Sun Apr 19
You need your own DIY show, your wasted on here.
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WHU(Exeter)
11:32 Sun Apr 19
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I just use trial and error, making sure first there's no buckets of water nearby.
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gank
11:30 Sun Apr 19
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What a Div. Your circuit is single-phase. It doesn't matter at all "where the internet comes in" as was said below, as you plug the router into the nearest powerline adaptor and use an Ethernet connection out the other side or use it as a Wi-Fi transmission point.
Don't overthink it, just plug the to two fuckers in and press the button on it. Job done.
Now fuck off
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11:14 Sun Apr 19
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same phase.
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