@Knoxville9 

Hi,

Here for comparison a temperature measurement of a competing brand's Powerline adapter (rated 1000 Mbit).

By the way, some wireless router models even get above 60 deg °C on their bottom side.

  @woozle thanks, the other brand I have is only 28 degrees. Isn't up near the 50s not a lot of heat? How can on brand run 20 lower? 

It's not something I'm happy with in the son's bedroom, it'll be going back.

  @Knoxville9 

Ok, but is the one that is only at 28 degrees about the same speed rating as AV1000?

According to its specs the TL-WPA7517 typically draws 6.5 W of power. That is quite a lot and this power has to be dissipated as heat from the rather small body of the Powerline adapter, which means all the heat is quite concentrated.

https://www.tp-link.com/en/home-networking/powerline/tl-wpa7517-kit/#specifications

When installing such a Powerline adapter one should definitely provide for good ventilation and not have it enclosed or covered by furniture.

  @woozle I'm not sure on the speed of the older one. I'm not tec savvy.

What I did notice was there was no noticeable difference in speed between the two boxes. I got the new box for the sons gaming console, since we got in fibre and thought it would be easier that running new cable to his room, but both box were only giving around 50 down and up. Both locations that I would need to put boxes in are not well ventilated.

I'm assuming them speeds are around as good as it gets because I still am using copper between the two boxes?

  @Knoxville9 

Yeah, usually the speed decreases quite drastically as the distance between the adapters is increased. That's the way it is with this Powerline technology that utilizes the common electrical wires of a building. It can't be compared to Ethernet, for example, where one gets the full speed for up to 100 meter of cable length.