Official feedback: it works, but it's not recommended
I put Quddus' question to Devolo, one of the suppliers of powerline Ethernet kit. Here's what Peter Huddleston, who looks after the company's products here in the UK, had to say:
"We discourage surge protection units as these incur heavy noise onto the powerline which in turn affects the signal. Yes, sometimes they can work fine, and users experience no problems - but still we discourage.
"The actual devolo adapters have an integrated fuse so if there is a power surge, the adapters are independently secured."
And with that, and the other responses, that's this question answered.
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Official feedback: it works, but it's not recommended
I put Quddus' question to Devolo, one of the suppliers of powerline Ethernet kit. Here's what Peter Huddleston, who looks after the company's products here in the UK, had to say:
"We discourage surge protection units as these incur heavy noise onto the powerline which in turn affects the signal. Yes, sometimes they can work fine, and users experience no problems - but still we discourage.
"The actual devolo adapters have an integrated fuse so if there is a power surge, the adapters are independently secured."
And with that, and the other responses, that's this question answered.