If you are careful when you open the jacket and only cut the blue, then brown pair and don't short them it can be done.
Problem is when you re-crimp you short the PoE to the Ethernet and there is no way to avoid that unless you are punching it down or using the crimp caps. In general I would do it in a pinch, but I don't trust installers to do it... -----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2015 10:13 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.
