THE FUSE

The important thing to know about powerline is that other things plugged into outlets can introduce noise and interference to your wiring and mess with signals. If you have a powerline adapter plugged into the same duplex outlet as a blender, for example, your signal could cut out every time you use that appliance. And turning on major appliances like HVACs and dryers can seriously degrade performance, especially when your adapters are on different circuits. The further the signal has to travel, the more likely it is to be degraded by bad wiring or experience interference from appliances somewhere along the way. Older buildings with, let's say, creative A/C grids might not be a good fit for this system at all.