{"id":1095,"date":"2016-12-15T12:28:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-15T20:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.platinumtools.com\/sections\/?p=1095"},"modified":"2016-12-15T12:33:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-15T20:33:35","slug":"electricians-can-tap-poe-for-greater-profits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.platinumtools.com\/sections\/news-and-events\/electricians-can-tap-poe-for-greater-profits\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricians Can Tap PoE for Greater Profits"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1096″ img_size=”full”][vc_column_text]The 2017 revision to the National Electrical Code (NEC) is coming, no matter what, but whether it will answer every question about Power over Ethernet (PoE) or not is still up in the air. PoE is progressing so fast it does not even have full standards yet, though the<\/span> Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers<\/span><\/a> (IEEE) is scrambling to provide them. With the rising innovations coming in the Internet of Things (IoT), PoE is both an opportunity and a challenge. <\/span><\/p>\n

IoT<\/b><\/h2>\n

The Internet of Things is tomorrow\u2019s futuristic world <\/span>today<\/span><\/i>. Having a telephone that talks to your front door lock from your vacation home 1,000 miles away may seem like a far fetched plot line from<\/span> The Jetsons<\/span><\/i><\/a>, but the IoT allows this and more. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most IoT devices draw little power. PoE, with its promise of power levels up to 100W (IEEE 802.3BT), will allow cables and cable bundles to run power for a lot of new markets:<\/span><\/p>\n