- Average user rating: 3.0 stars out of 16 reviews Back to product review
- My rating: 0 stars
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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Pros: Easy set up
Cons: Will not work unless the units are on the same breaker circuit!
Summary: I needed to connect my garage to my house. The two are on the same power meter. The units connected and operated as long as they were on the same circuit breaker. When I tried to operate with one unit in the garage and one in the home, no connection. This is a common situation where you have outlets in a home on different breakers. You would be limited to a 20 amps for all your home outlets if they were all on the same circuit. Anyway, you should be cautious about buying this product if you are planning to operate them in different rooms or you have an outbuilding you want to get networked.
I also noticed that within 20 minutes both units were fairly hot. This may lead to early failure in the units.
By the way, I boxed these up after two hours and a session with Linksys support. The solution from Linksys was to try to get the units on the same line.
I have trusted Linksys for years but this product really disappointed me.
- 4 replies to this review
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I just hooked this up with no problems. It's not the "circuit Breaker" that makes a difference, it's the sub panel. As long as your electrical outlets are on the same sub, it works beautifully. This is the best product I have used in years. Awesome.
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I have a great connection to an outbuilding on it's own circuit breaker that's a little over 400 ft. from my house. I had to try several plugs in my house to find one with no interference (or something...I don't know why some worked better but they did), but with that done, awesome!
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Like the other commenter indicated this reviewer and tech support likely misunderstood each other. It's not that you have to be on the same breaker for it to work, it's that you need to be on the same phase, placing it on the same breaker ensures you're on the same phase and is a good test to find out if that was your trouble.
Your homes outlets are roughly split between phases (you have two wires - ie phases plus a nuetral going into your house as power supply). I imagine some homes may have appliances / electrical devices in use all the time to suffice that a phase coupler isn't necessary. This reviewer apparently didn't, add that to a misunderstanding and you get a one star review. -
I think what you mean is that the signal cannot jump across the two phases (240v split 120v/120v). They should make that more clear not everyone understands there are two phases running throughout the home. A phase coupler(like the ones the X10 crowd uses) are innexpensive and may work?? Definately worth a try. That is the only way one could ever jump the signal across phases. A simple test is to try it out while your dryer(or another 240v appliance) is running. If it works while the dryer is on then a phase coupler should work.
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Linksys PLK200 PowerLine AV Ethernet Adapter Kit:
$237.99
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