seanadams;321923 Wrote: > If your homeplug adaptors are on opposing power line phases, then you > may be able to get a vast improvement by making some minor changes to > the wiring in your breaker panel. > > To figure out if they're on the same phase, first identify the breakers > for the outlets that the homeplug adaptors are connected to. > > Then measure with an AC voltmeter across two of those breakers*. If you > get about 0V, they are on the same phase (good). If you get about 240V, > they are on different phases. To change the phase that a circuit is > on, swap it with the wire going to the breaker immediately below it. > (miniature "dual" breakers count as the same breaker here). > > Swap wires as needed until all circuits powering homeplug devices > measure 0V against each other. An electrician can do this for you in a > few minutes. > > * you can also figure it out visually by counting spaces, but using a > voltmeter is faster and more reliable.
This is only relevant if the OP is in North America, in the UK and the rest of Europe virtually no homes have 2 or 3 phases connected, and if they do the cross-phase voltage will be around 440V - which is extremely hazardous. Fingers out! -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50082 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
