Plugging non-PoE Devices Into PoE Switches: Will It Go BANG? (Power over Ethernet Dos & Don'ts)

I've recently purchased a bunch of Power over Ethernet (PoE) cameras for my home's security system, and so I started looking into powered network switches - in other words, PoE compliant switches. But are they 'safe' to use? After all, they send electricity down the Ethernet cable?!

And what happens if you accidentally plug in a normal (non-PoE) device into a PoE switch?

I explore all this - and more - in this video... including via a VERY suspect looking demo! I combined TWO power over Ethernet switches with three non-PoE devices (a HP printer, DVD player and TP-Link Gigabit switch), and turned it all on!

The individual sections of this video are:

00:00 Intro
00:35 Sketchy Demo
01:30 How PoE 'Should' Work
02:26 Passive PoE
03:11 PoE Splitters
03:44 Final Thoughts

The article I referred to at the start (which Ethernet wires are used for power) was: https://www.nvtphybridge.com/power-ov...

Thanks to the following free sound effects:

"Electriciy sound" by PureAudioNinja of Freesound.org
"Pop-up Sound" by BeezleFM of Freesound.org

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