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From: kwf@ece-csc.UUCP
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Communication over power lines - is it legal?
Message-ID: <3271@ece-csc.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Mar-87 09:23:19 EST
Article-I.D.: ece-csc.3271
Posted: Mon Mar 23 09:23:19 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 25-Mar-87 03:52:01 EST
Organization: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Hello!

I'm designing a system in which I want to use the power lines
(outlets) in my home as the communication medium.

My question is this:  Does the power company get upset if you
introduce a low-level (~1 volt peak-to-peak) high freq. (> 10 kHz)
onto their lines (interior to your home).

My concern is that this signal might screw-up synchronized machinery
running on the same distribution transformer. (although 1 volt compared
to 115 is not much).

Is there a power-guy out there that might let me in on the no-no's.

Thanks in advance!

Kenneth Fernald (North Carolina State University)