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Its also worth noting your connection speed with and without homeplugs fitted; when we were on standard ADSL, my partner's son fitted HPA and our dsl connection dropped to 13mb...
Ok, a lot of HPA's are horrendously noisy, especially in the 30-2000MHz band. Because OFCOM doesn't do it's job properly, it allows manufacturers to self-certify that their products meet EU and International standards on EMI... so of course they all self-certify that their product complies with regulatory standards. Ironically, one of the biggest offenders many years ago insisted on having green triangular stickers on telephony devices. I understand they tried 'notching' their HPA's due to complaints from amateur radio operators.
What can you do? Isolate the problem as suggested above.
If the problem only occurs when the HPA's are on, contact the manufacturer and ask for a means of applying an RF filter. If you have any ethernet coming from the HPAs, you could try putting snap-on RF chokes around the ethernet cable as close to the HPA as possible. These used to a couple of quid from Maplins... used to be.
You may not need to drill holes. Flat ethernet cable is a boon, Runs under carpet, in gaps between skirting board and floor (or wall), under doors, or between door and frame. |
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