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echo: rberrypi
to: RICHARD ASHBERY
from: DAVE LIQUORICE
date: 2018-07-29 19:40:00
subject: Re: PoE pi

On Sun, 29 Jul 2018 16:36:48 +0100, Richard Ashbery wrote:

> I would be a little concerned about loading my ethernet cable with say a
> Raspberry Pi but I guess some of you are finding it works OK.

With proper PoE the full 48 V is not present on the cable until the
sending end has had a chat with the far end to see if it wants power.
It's perfectly safe to plug anything onto a proper PoE supplied
cable.

This is not the case with passive PoE, where the full power is
present all the time.



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Dave.

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