[159146] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber only in DataCenters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Mon Dec 24 11:55:20 2012
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 11:55:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <1141EC75-506E-4A54-A9AD-823A72858A45@delong.com>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Owen DeLong" <owen@delong.com>
> A 24ga cat-6 wire can take millions of volts as long as you keep the
> amperage low enough.
No it can't; the insulation's only rated for 250V or so. You get much past
a kilovolt and it will flash over.
Cheers,
-- jra
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