Anyone know of a outdoor splice that's inline that's like 5 bucks or less ? On Feb 19, 2015 11:18 AM, "Jerry Richardson" <je...@richardson.bz> wrote:
> The risk is dropping 24VDC across the Ethernet… > > > > The power supply might be able to take it but the NIC chip might not. > > > > Plastic crimps just have a much shorter lifespan on the dies, but if they > are only used to crimp hot connections they should last a while > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Mathew Howard > *Sent:* Thursday, February 19, 2015 11:12 AM > *To:* af > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Cat5/6 POE splicing while live? > > > > I'm pretty sure I've seen plastic crimpers, but I don't know that I'd > trust them to do a decent crimp... > > It doesn't seem to hurt most power supplies, but I always try to be quick > about it when I do it... it all depends on the situation though, in some > cases it isn't worth the risk even if it is small. > > > > On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's just the first issue. As someone else mentioned, you also short > all the pins together when you crimp the RJ45 on. Are there plastic or > ceramic crimpers? > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 2/19/2015 10:36 AM, Ken Hohhof wrote: > > I guess you could buy ceramic scissors like these: > http://www.mtesolutionsinc.com/11802-Ceramic-Scissors-5-p/11802.htm > > > -----Original Message----- From: Bill Prince > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 12:22 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Cat5/6 POE splicing while live? > > Gotta be careful. If you cut across all the pairs at the same time, you > will definitely short the output of the POE injector. Newer ones might > be able to deal with that as long as the short doesn't last too long. > > However, you can usually cut each color separately without doing any > harm. The challenge is getting them the same length. > > bp > <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> > > On 2/19/2015 10:13 AM, Sterling Jacobson wrote: > > Is it possible to cut into a POE injected Cat5/6 run without frying stuff? > > I think I've done it on regular Ethernet without causing damage to the > Ethernet port, but maybe I'm pushing it with that too? > > I know the safest way is to unplug the Ethernet cable, then do the > splice/work/end on it, then plug it back in, but would be really nice if I > didn't have to bother the home owner when fixing/splicing a live run to the > outside of the house. > > > > > > >
