We've had installers fry power supplies crimping them while plugged in. If you had a punch down lightning arrestor, it could work. But I'd strip the wire and cut each cable individually.
On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't do it on an old canopy power supply. It will blow it for certain. > (Talking about the old original units, not the switchmode powersupply > units). > > -----Original Message----- From: Sterling Jacobson > Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 11:13 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: [AFMUG] Cat5/6 POE splicing while live? > > > 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. >
