Advice re Sockets and Powerline adapters

Philip624

I think the answer is going to be that I will need another socket, however.....

I have a new hard drive recorder that is 5 AMP
I have TV booster signal that is 3 AMP
TV is 5 AMP so those three are the maximum 13 AMPS.

I have a powerline adapter for the hard drive recorder, (so you can watch iplayer etc) it has a socket built into it the idea being you dont lose a socket, however it says if you use the powerline in a double socket then you cannot use the second socket.

In addition to the items above I have a dvd player 5 AMP and a wii 3 AMP , fine to leave both these out of a socket unless in use but could get a bit annoying haveing to unplug and replug all the time.

Is it really the case you cannot use the other side of the double socket? I am wondering if the reason for this is that the powerline is rated 13 amp?

Any thoughts appreciated. I did wonder if I plugged the powerline on its own into an adapter would eman I could use the other socket?

Figment

I would presume the reason for not being able to use the other socket to be due to the physical size of the powerline adapter, as the piggy-back powerline adapter I'm using has no such restriction.

The stated device ratings are the maximum peak current each device may consume, not a constant power usage.

System

Actually I think that the ratings mentioned are the fuse ratings. There is no way on Earth that a DVD player will use 5 Amps. less than 1 Amp is more typical

Philip624

Thanks for these replies thats interesting the amps i quoted are based on the actual fuses in the plugs so the dvd could be reduced? Its not down to physical size re the powerline adapter as the other socket is usable. It is a devolo dlan200 av plus i have and it definately says not to use the other socket it doesnt state why though i had a look online and one suggestion was it draws on the complete power of a double socket but how i dont know?

Philip624

I am now wondering if they actually mean you need to use the networked devices ie the hard drive and the tv in the same inbuilt socket in the devolo its not clear though so i may check with devolo

penrhyn

You are overthinking this, the Devolo units take a miniscule amount of power. To find out how much your other appliances use look at the ratings plate on each.
A 230 watt TV at 230 volts draws 1 amp from the mains, the reason for the larger fuse is partially standardisation, and partially so its wont blow with any switch on surge.

Amps times Volts equals watts.

Owain_Moneysaver

Those are the fuse ratings, not the power consumed by the appliances.

You can plug a power strip into the Devolo unit as shown here:


Obviously a UK 13 amp strip in the UK, not a German one.

Figment

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

Those are the fuse ratings, not the power consumed by the appliances.

You can plug a power strip into the Devolo unit as shown here:


Obviously a UK 13 amp strip in the UK, not a German one.

Just don't plug anything into the power strip :whistle: :rotfl:

penrhyn

Awww and I'd got all my Schuko plugs ready.