<div dir="ltr">Pete,<div><br></div><div>I read the spec on Wikipedia <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet</a></div><div><br></div><div>The spec is defined by power rating primarily. At the bottom of the page it shows current. It looks like these currents are minimal currents not maximal. But, as you said, based on wire length and if power is held steady the wire resistance will kill the actual delivered current.</div><div><br></div><div>~Carl</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 9:30 AM, Pete Soper <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:pete@soper.us" target="_blank">pete@soper.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Thanks for the correction. So 300ma through each of the two
power-carrying pairs. But if we recall Brian's Ohm's Law talk and
look at the voltage drop across 26 gauge wires we see where the
limit really comes from. The voltage drop is spectacular for even a
few dozen feet.<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
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<div>On 10/02/2015 09:06 AM, Carl Nobile
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<div>I just checked, there are two specs PoE and PoE+. The first
one has a maximum current of 300mA and the second one has a
max of 600mA. Obviously both are too low. Too bad, this was a
good idea.</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct 2, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Pete
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<div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> WIthout a switching
converter on the other end the wrong order of magnitude of
current is available:<br>
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet#Power_capacity_limits" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_over_Ethernet#Power_capacity_limits</a><span><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Has
anyone modified Raspberry Pi to use PoE for
power? Using standard Ethernet to drive a
communications sub system based on another
Raspberry Pi that has the requisite i/o and
processor makes a lot of sense to me.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"></span></p>
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