I use HomePNA for the network I have in my house. It works great, but I have had a few problems with it. The major one is that at 8:30 every night until 1:00 am, the phone company aparently sends out signals on the same band as the HomePNA signals. The connection instantly gets periods of 100% packet loss and very freuently cuts out. Be wary of that, its extremely annoying. If you want my opinion, HomePNA and HomePlug just plain suck. Go for wireless if you can't run Cat5, its your best bet.
meh...I know about that, I suppose I should clarify a bit. The Litium was pure with nothing to keep it from reacting prematurely to water vapor in the air (like say mineral oil). The sodium on the other hand was usually stored with chemicals that stablized it and kept it from reacting to the outside air. The sodium probably gave out more energy, but since the lithium had nothing protecting it, it had a much quicker explosion.
My dad worked for the space program on fuel cells for several years. They often had pounds and pounds of lithium to play with in the lake behind the company. They seemed to enjoy making little boats, packing them with as much lithium as they could hold, shiping them out, and throwing rocks at them until it exploded when the boat capsized. They had sodium too, but lithium made a much bigger and louder explosion.
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I use HomePNA for the network I have in my house. It works great, but I have had a few problems with it. The major one is that at 8:30 every night until 1:00 am, the phone company aparently sends out signals on the same band as the HomePNA signals. The connection instantly gets periods of 100% packet loss and very freuently cuts out. Be wary of that, its extremely annoying. If you want my opinion, HomePNA and HomePlug just plain suck. Go for wireless if you can't run Cat5, its your best bet.
meh...I know about that, I suppose I should clarify a bit. The Litium was pure with nothing to keep it from reacting prematurely to water vapor in the air (like say mineral oil). The sodium on the other hand was usually stored with chemicals that stablized it and kept it from reacting to the outside air. The sodium probably gave out more energy, but since the lithium had nothing protecting it, it had a much quicker explosion.
My dad worked for the space program on fuel cells for several years. They often had pounds and pounds of lithium to play with in the lake behind the company. They seemed to enjoy making little boats, packing them with as much lithium as they could hold, shiping them out, and throwing rocks at them until it exploded when the boat capsized. They had sodium too, but lithium made a much bigger and louder explosion.