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Re: L6-20P -> L6-30R


From: Chuck Anderson <cra () WPI EDU>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 14:19:10 -0400

On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 02:05:42PM -0400, William Herrin wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com> wrote:
PoE is 48V and current limited, though, precisely to keep it what the Code
calls Low Voltage.

Hi Jay,

50 watts DC. It won't electrocute you (that's AC) but it's the same
power that makes a 40 watt bulb burning hot.

I don't know where you are getting your facts, but 802.3af maxes out
at 15.4W and 802.3at at 34.2W, and DC can electrocute you just as well
as AC.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet#Standard_implementation


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