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Halt and catch fire: The perils of cheap PoE

April 24, 2018 By Lee Teschler 2 Comments

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Dave Jeskey tells an interesting story about what happened when an LED lighting company operated a few of its products in a test chamber. The RJ45 plugs, used for making a connection to a Power over Ethernet cable, melted. The RJ45 plugs came from Sentinel Connector Systems where Jeskey is director of sales and marketing. […]

Filed Under: Editor's Blog, Featured, IoT Tagged With: sentinelconnectorsystems

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