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Re: [LUG] re homeplugs - VIP

 

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Viv wrote:
> I have just found out that our home network has been hijacked by a
> neighbour, using a homeplug. We used homeplugs because we understood
> that this was impossible - that signals would not get past the meter.

The meter is just that, it isn't intended as an RF filter.

> This is not true and we have tested it by trying it out at our
> neighbours, the other side.

There's quite a bit of misinformation about this. Typically the devices
will signal between the neutral and earth. These typically have less
than 5V between them. Using phase and neutral or phase and earth means
that the electronics needs to cope with 230V RMS which makes it
considerably more expensive.
This also means that it dosn't matter if your neighbour is on the same
phase or not. But is down to the neutral and earthing arrangements of
your supply.
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