I've recently purchased a bunch of Power over Ethernet (PoE) cameras for my home's security system, and so I started looking into powered network switches - in other words, PoE compliant switches. But are they 'safe' to use? After all, they send electricity down the Ethernet cable?!
And what happens if you accidentally plug in a normal (non-PoE) device into a PoE switch?
I explore all this - and more - in this video... including via a VERY suspect looking demo! I combined TWO power over Ethernet switches with three non-PoE devices (a HP printer, DVD player and TP-Link Gigabit switch), and turned it all on!
The individual sections of this video are:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Sketchy Demo
01:30 How PoE 'Should' Work
02:26 Passive PoE
03:11 PoE Splitters
03:44 Final Thoughts
The article I referred to at the start (which Ethernet wires are used for power) was:
https://www.nvtphybridge.com/power-over-ethernet/Thanks to the following free sound effects:
"Electriciy sound" by PureAudioNinja of Freesound.org
"Pop-up Sound" by BeezleFM of Freesound.org
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