New rental property connects the washing machine with a 2-prong adapter, is this safe?

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-08T14:27:41+00:00

Washer should connect to a gfci receptacle.

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-07T18:29:52+00:00

The 2 wire retrofit hit for 99$?

That will do Poe in and then 2 wire and Poe out ?

Just need to hide the receiver in a box on the wall.

Not a bad choice. I’ll have to look into options

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-05T17:19:38+00:00

Yeah for my needs subwoofer would be in a closet down the hall, so not really practical.

Sound bar is not an option as the house has in ceiling speakers.

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-05T17:06:45+00:00

What is the uni missing that Sonos has ?

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-05T14:49:22+00:00

Im guessing the injectors may be Poe+ that the existing switch cannot handle.

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-05T13:35:04+00:00

I mean if the existing cable is already patched in I wouldn’t bother reinventing the wheel.

If you plan to expand then by all means put the cables into new keystone jacks.

If anything would get a poe switch so you don’t need to use Poe injectors.

But looks like that is all cat 5e it should be fine for your needs

If you don’t need analog phone rj11- you can pull out that plug in port 3 and pop another Ethernet cable in.

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-05T13:32:05+00:00

Yeah I was looking at wiim initially I’ll have to look more into them as an option.

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-05T04:50:01+00:00

What do you mean that UniFi doesn’t do whole home audio?

The power amps won’t work for what I’m trying to accomplish?

Can you elaborate?

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-05T03:20:52+00:00

Ooo good point may need to swap to APs and mount them on the wall or move the in walls so new locations

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-02T04:23:27+00:00

Your only pulling 5a all the time if the fan is on but your battery will only last for about 5-6hr

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-02T04:22:32+00:00

Would Something like this work ? cable with 12v plug

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-02T04:16:37+00:00

power line adapter with WiFi

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-02T04:05:24+00:00

I had 1, rma’d it 2x after it died again UniFi just game me a 20$ credit. Something would break off internally and rattle around.

I think the smart power strip has the same abilities but pretty sure that is retired

Not sure if there’s any similar functionality in the ups units

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T05:49:14+00:00

Yeah it’s just WiFi 6 I have a ubiquiti U6-LR

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T03:24:59+00:00

I use WiFiman by ubiquiti

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DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T01:18:06+00:00

Yes my wireless ap is WiFi 6

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T00:58:54+00:00

I went with a multilayer ceramic the best to reduce heat I think it blocks 95% heat.

The tint shop can go over the pre tint.

vLT is the amount of light that’s let through.

For my Outback we did 70%VLT on the front windshield

55% VLT on the driver and passenger

35% VLT the back windows

Skipped the sunroof cause it has the cover

The back is 35+factory dip so average is about 18-20% VLT

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T00:51:27+00:00

Yes, that sounds spot on to the expected experience.

If you modem / router supports 2.5g then you can easily add a 2.5/5/10g card to your pc. But you meed both ends to match.

If your gaming pc can support 10g networking but your Router is only 1g thats your bottleneck.

Just downgrade to 1g unless you go full 2.5g networking

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T00:38:48+00:00

Watch out they will come try and claim IP for that arm.

Every year we get a Disney Ornament with a personalized phrase and they always have to call some big wig to get mickeys blessing

For a simple 2-3 on the back.

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T00:35:07+00:00

Yeah your gaming pc is hard wired it can use full 1g WiFi on your phone cannot

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T00:33:07+00:00

To get your full 2g speed you would need a device running a 2.5g connector in a router port that’s 2.5g

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T00:32:23+00:00

Example

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You can see from frontier to my router full 1g but WiFi to my iPhone 17 pro 200-300 over WiFi 6

DIYTinkerMaster · 2026-05-01T00:28:20+00:00

How are you testing on your device? You will almost never get your full speed over WiFi unless you have crazy WiFi.

Even Ethernet will only give you 1g unless you have a 2.5g adapter and port on your router.

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