New Power Over Ethernet 802.3at Draft 3.0 calls for lower power
Texas Instrument’s Mike McCormack, who’s on the Power Over Ethernet (PoE) IEEE 802.3at standards committee, updated me on the committee’s work this week: There’s a new draft 3.0 which is going out for vote. Draft 3.0 has one significant change to it – the PoE current will drop from 720mA to 600mA, causing the available power to be about 25W rather than 30W. The reason for the lower current is that datacom cables aren’t made for carrying much power – not like the cabling used in a building’s wiring infrastructure — and the PoE cables were experiencing anywhere from a 5-10 degree rise in temperature at the 720mA. Since the drop in power shouldn’t be a barrier to PoE applications, like surveillance cameras or network telephones, Mike doesn’t foresee any problem with the lower current.
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