Do electrical insect repellers interfere with powerline adaptors?

baby_frogmella

Hi
Wifi N works fine in my home and i'm thinking of buying the Sony NSZ-GS7 Google TV box (to replace the buggy Boxee Box) which can connect by wifi N but apparently the DNS server fields on it cannot be changed when connected by wifi - i need to change DNS servers for viewing Netflix usa via unblock-us.com. However this can be done when the sony box is connected via ethernet. Now before i go and spend £50 on a pair of powerline adaptors, can someone tell me if electrical plug-in type insect repellers (which use your home electrical wiring) are likely to interfere with the powerline units? I have around 4 of these insect repellers plugged in around the house.
Cheers

spenderdave

Surely these insect repellers are just simple things that plug into the mains. If they talk to each other via powerline than heaven forbid.... but surely you have answered your own question in that you can change the DNS servers (a one off job) via ethernet which will involve plugging a CHEAP ethernet cable between them and a computer. I cannot see why on earth you would use powerline for such a job.

Your insect repellers probably won't interfere with your powerlines, but the powerlines will interfere with absolutely everything else in your house (especially any short wave radios you have). See http://www.ban-plt.co.uk/ Do the decent thing and use a bit of cable.

googler

I got the impression the insect repellers were feeding a signal into the mains, same as the powerlines, so that the mains cable acted as an aerial to repel the pests in all parts of the house, not just the room they were (plugged in) in.

If you use these as well as powerlines to send network signals along the mains, don't be surprised if your HiFi and/or other audio gear starts to sound cr*p..... it's designed to work with a clean 230v 50Hz supply, not one with all manner of modulated signals upon it....

Naf

Its also possible that trying the two together will mean that neither would work.
Cable is the way.
Just this week I had to move my main router upstairs, but my cable router (/modem) needs to stay downstairs where the socket is. 30M of UTP patch cable and bob's yer uncle. Works an absolute treat.
Not only that, but a cable will be cheaper (as long as you avoid the high street stores. My local PC shop only charged me £10 for the 30M cable, vs. £34 at Maplin.

baby_frogmella

spenderdave wrote: »

but surely you have answered your own question in that you can change the DNS servers (a one off job) via ethernet which will involve plugging a CHEAP ethernet cable between them and a computer. I cannot see why on earth you would use powerline for such a job.

Using a permanently connected ethernet cable between router and sony box is out of the question (wouldn't be able to hide the cable), however i'll investigate if its possible to temporarily connect the sony box to the router by ethernet cable, change the DNS settings on sony box and then see if the sony unit retains the fixed DNS server address whilst connected by wifi N.

googler wrote: »

I got the impression the insect repellers were feeding a signal into the mains, same as the powerlines, so that the mains cable acted as an aerial to repel the pests in all parts of the house, not just the room they were (plugged in) in.

I believe they do work like that so there's a high probability of powerline and electrical repellers playing havoc with each other - i believe they work best on a 'clean' electrical supply.

spenderdave

A quick web search on these insect repellers and their magical electromagnetic properties failed to tell me how they work. In fact I am even more convinced that they are just snake oil and nothing more than a box with a light on it. You may want to open one up and look inside - probably an empty box... I can't imagine it will do anything to your powerlines or to your insects either...

officeguru

spenderdave wrote: »

A quick web search on these insect repellers and their magical electromagnetic properties failed to tell me how they work. In fact I am even more convinced that they are just snake oil and nothing more than a box with a light on it. You may want to open one up and look inside - probably an empty box... I can't imagine it will do anything to your powerlines or to your insects either...

I have to agree with you about the insect repellent box... I've had one plugged in my kitchen the whole summer and I still have my resident 2 flies flying about my kitchen... Useless blinking things... no, not the flies.. the blue light thingy.... :rotfl:

baby_frogmella

well spenderdave, like you i used to be sceptical about them but after buying a few of these they have significantly reduced the number of spiders/creepy crawlies (not flies) in my home in the last few years. I once switched them off for a few weeks and house was full of spiders again. So yes they do appear to work

John_Gray

I also find these insect repellers also work brilliantly with elephants.
I've had absolutely none in my house since plugging them in!

consultant31

spenderdave wrote: »

A quick web search on these insect repellers and their magical electromagnetic properties failed to tell me how they work. In fact I am even more convinced that they are just snake oil and nothing more than a box with a light on it. You may want to open one up and look inside - probably an empty box... I can't imagine it will do anything to your powerlines or to your insects either...

I bought two electrical 'spider repellers' about 3 years ago as we had loads of enormous spiders about the place. I honestly believe they work as, though I see the odd spider around, they really are few and far between these days.

I was ages before I got round to plugging them in cos I had visions of a couple of hundred spiders marching down the passageway on their way out.....I left it till the morning I was going on holiday, plugged them in and got out the door as fast as possible :rotfl:

HoofeHearted

John_Gray wrote: »

I also find these insect repellers also work brilliantly with elephants.
I've had absolutely none in my house since plugging them in!

NONE? Not even Pink ones?;)