duncan webster | 02/08/2022 20:27:07 |
5307 forum posts 83 photos | I my box of things which will come in useful I've found a Sitecom N300 range extender. I've probably got the wall wart as well, but the unit doesn't tell me what voltage it should be. If anyone out there has one of these and would have a look at the wall wart I'd be grateful |
Chris Crew | 02/08/2022 21:27:35 |
![]() 418 forum posts 15 photos | I have no idea about the devices you are talking about and never heard of the term 'wall wart' either, so please make allowances for my ignorance. It's just that I bought a wi-fi extender off Ebay for about a tenner so I could get Spotify through the laptop down in the workshop on an old hi-fi I have down there. It consists of nothing more than a 13-amp plug sized box that goes straight into a 13amp socket. I just selected it on the wi-fi connections list, entered the router's password and away we went. Worked perfectly first time and can be just switched off at the socket when I return to the house. Worth a tenner, including delivery. |
Clive Foster | 02/08/2022 21:57:48 |
3630 forum posts 128 photos | Duncan Sitecom used the N300 designation for a host of different products, range extenders, routers and other wi-fi related stuff. Which doesn't help when you are trying to nail down data. However if its the WLX-2001 the wall wart included is saId to be 5 volts, 1 amp rating. Manual here :- **LINK** http://attachments.content4us.com/datasheets/FULL_MANUAL_CMPSC-WLX2001_ENG.PDF Odds are that everything in the range using the same basic box will also be 5 volts as there is generally lots of engineering commonality across one makers range. Always worth doing a Google for the specific manual. Seems that manuals for pretty much anything consumer electrical / electronic and reasonably modern can be found. Clive
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John Haine | 02/08/2022 22:03:20 |
5563 forum posts 322 photos | ...not to mention lots of slightly older VLSI devices being designed for a 5V supply... |
peak4 | 02/08/2022 22:05:34 |
![]() 2207 forum posts 210 photos | It looks like it might be 12v 1a See P36 of this manual, but just make sure it's the right item https://www.manua.ls/sitecom/wl-330/manual?p=36 Edited By peak4 on 02/08/2022 22:07:52 Edited By peak4 on 02/08/2022 22:08:33 |
Grindstone Cowboy | 02/08/2022 22:16:32 |
1160 forum posts 73 photos | Just to clarify for Chris, the part you refer to as "a 13-amp plug sized box that goes straight into a 13amp socket" is what is nowadays commonly called a "wall wart" - basically a power supply, changing the 240 volt AC mains to a lower, usually DC, voltage. Rob |
Chris Crew | 02/08/2022 22:32:05 |
![]() 418 forum posts 15 photos | Rob, Thank you for the information you have added to my education and I appreciate it. I had never heard of the term before now, may be I really should get out more? LOL. |
lee webster | 02/08/2022 22:50:11 |
383 forum posts 71 photos | Wall wart is a new one on me! |
duncan webster | 02/08/2022 23:40:36 |
5307 forum posts 83 photos | Further examination of the name plate with a magnifying glass identifies it as WL330. I'll follow Peak 4's link tomorrow, thanks Wall wart is I think an Americanism, but it is so descriptive I think it deserves to be adopted into proper English |
Circlip | 03/08/2022 09:14:55 |
1723 forum posts | The type Chris is describing seems to be the TP Link which is a self contained wall plug NOT a wart. Regards Ian |
Grindstone Cowboy | 03/08/2022 15:02:40 |
1160 forum posts 73 photos | Ian - very good point, I hadn't read Chris's post properly Rob |
AdrianR | 03/08/2022 16:58:56 |
613 forum posts 39 photos | If this is the one you have https://manuall.co.uk/sitecom-wl-330-range-extender/ then at the end of the manual it says 12V 1A |
norm norton | 03/08/2022 19:55:00 |
202 forum posts 10 photos | I was aware that 'wall warts' was an American term and something to do with power supplies sitting in wall plugs, but are the letters W,A,R and T an acronym? or does it just mean a ugly lump sticking on the wall? If the latter then the term is best left on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. |
Peter Greene | 03/08/2022 21:52:25 |
865 forum posts 12 photos | Not an acronym as far as I know. Happy to keep "wall-wart" on this side of the Atlantic. Sure beats saying "power supply thingy with prongs that sits in an electrical outlet" |
John Olsen | 03/08/2022 22:18:55 |
1294 forum posts 108 photos 1 articles | I've seen them called plug packs in the past, not sure how widely used that is now. John |
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