On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 02:05:42PM -0400, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:55 PM, Jay Ashworth <j...@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