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

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Wed Mar 19 22:54:38 2014

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 22:54:07 -0400 (EDT)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <2D0AF14BA6FB334988BC1F5D4FC38CB843A094DB40@EXCHMBX.hq.nac.net>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alex Rubenstein" <alex@corp.nac.net>

> > And to Jay: Network cables most certainly do carry power.
> 
> No, they carry signal, which is considerably different - unless of
> course it is 802.1af.

That's what he meant, yes, and a couple other people made the point as
well.  1af is 48VDC *precisely* to make it remain Low Voltage, which
takes it outside the realm of NEC[1], and hence, UL.

Cheers,
-- jra
[1] Yes, yes, except section 800.
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