UK wall power socket with RJ-45 ports?

[Gerry_Maguire]

Hi

Not sure if the above even exists but thought I’d ask. Anyone seen something like it? Have a home office where I don’t have existing RJ-45 ports but was thinking of fishing an RJ-45 wall cable down the existing power cable conduit (realise it’s far from ideal, from an interference perspective) but thought I’d at least ask the question.

Ta

[stefaanbolle]

Why not using powerline?

[hafniumzinc (T)]

They don’t seem to be available, probably for the reason you’re aware of (interference).

You can buy:

• Single sized faceplates for Ethernet/telephony cables only
• Double sized faceplates with power sockets, and Ethernet sockets BUT the Ethernet is fed via ethernet-over-powerline technology so you need at least two.

[vespaman (Micael)]

It is not so much interference, but personal safety. (Well - I don’t know UK laws, esp after Brexit, but I am fairly certain that they mustn’t be too different from anywhere else).
So you will not find a combined face plate because of this.
If you remove your power line, you can get the ethernet instead, of course, but I suspect you need both.

[Maximo (Garry McCandless)]

Something like this? It’s a bit pricey and you’ll need at least two to form your next work, but they should meet your requirements.

[jamesmelville]

It sounds like you’re looking for something like this?https://www.smc-meljac.co.uk/product/meljac-uk-switched-13amp-socket-with-5amp-socket-1854/. Might be pricey as not a commonly sold item. Unless it’s a long run of CAT cable I doubt interference will be a big issue, I would expect it’ll still be more stable than powerline which I use in places but have never been particularly happy with (devices seem to need power cycling every few weeks). It might be cheaper to install a pattress box and faceplate alongside and make a hole to pass the cable through to that. You can always surface mount then (don’t need much depth for RJ45, I have double sockets in 16mm boxes), or recess with more effort/money.