Piggybacking Powerline adapters

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Hi All
I currently have 2 separate sets of powerline adapters connected to a single home router/network.
One of these sets is "power through" and the other is not and they are connected to separate wall sockets.
I now need to use one of the wall sockets for another appliance.
Would it therefore be safe to plug the latter adapter into the "power through" adapter in a single power socket?
Is there a risk that the adapters and/or wall socket may become overloaded and/or overheated?
Would the performance of either of the adapter sets be adversely affected?
Has anybody else already tried this?
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
 
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Hello Again

Just thought I'd let you know that I've now sorted this problem by leaving both sets of adapters exactly where they were in their separate wall sockets and simply plugging an extension cord for the new appliance into the "pass through" base adapter. I'm really quite embarrassed that such an obvious solution didn't occur to me before now!

Thus far, I've seen little, if any, adverse effect on the performance of the network so all seems to be well for the time being.

Thanks again for your help.
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Are these 2 sets the same brand? Some models support using more than just 2 in the same network (ie ... 1 base and 2 remotes). Don't know if this is an option with what you have.

Some passthrough adapters filter out "extra" noise and if you piggybacked the passthrough might filter out the pig on it's back (sorry, bad pun).

Safe ... voltage use is minimal, so I don't see an overload or overheat issue.
Will it work ... probably not that well.
 
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Hi Anotherdrew
Thanks for the prompt feedback.
The two sets are different brands so probably won't be possible to pair the 2 remotes with one base.
Thanks for the good news about the voltage use though.
I'm tempted to give the piggybacking a try just to see how badly the performance is affected.
If that doesn't work, maybe plugging one of the base adapters into a non-surge protected multi socket extension cord might be a viable option.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Thanks again.
Thanks again
 
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billybean

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Hello Again

Just thought I'd let you know that I've now sorted this problem by leaving both sets of adapters exactly where they were in their separate wall sockets and simply plugging an extension cord for the new appliance into the "pass through" base adapter. I'm really quite embarrassed that such an obvious solution didn't occur to me before now!

Thus far, I've seen little, if any, adverse effect on the performance of the network so all seems to be well for the time being.

Thanks again for your help.
 
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