Wifi range extender

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

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

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

[Chris CrewParticipant @chriscrew66644]

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 FosterParticipant @clivefoster55965]

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

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

…not to mention lots of slightly older VLSI devices being designed for a 5V supply…

[peak4Participant @peak4]

It looks like it might be 12v 1a
It seems that Sitecom use the N300 name on several products, but the extender seems to be a WL-330
 https://www.sitecom.com/en/search/229?searchInput=wl-330 

See P36 of this manual, but just make sure it's the right item

https://www.manua.ls/sitecom/wl-330/manual?p=36

Bill

Edited By peak4 on 02/08/2022 22:07:52

Edited By peak4 on 02/08/2022 22:08:33

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

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 CrewParticipant @chriscrew66644]

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 websterParticipant @leewebster72680]

Wall wart is a new one on me!

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

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

[CirclipParticipant @circlip]

The type Chris is describing seems to be the TP Link which is a self contained wall plug NOT a wart.

Regards Ian

[Grindstone CowboyParticipant @grindstonecowboy]

Ian – very good point, I hadn't read Chris's post properly

Rob

[AdrianRParticipant @adrianr18614]

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 nortonParticipant @normnorton75434]

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.

[Anonymous]

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 OlsenParticipant @johnolsen79199]

I've seen them called plug packs in the past, not sure how widely used that is now.

John

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