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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

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Can I charge a USB-C cell phone via POE. (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by CactusJ@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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Sorry, I am sure this does not really belong here, but I was not sure where it belonged and I figured y’all would have the answer anyway.

So yeah, If I have a POE switch, is there an adapter I can use to charge a cell phone from that POE port?

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[–] BAFUdaGreat@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (3 children)

AFAIK there are Ethernet to Lightning/Micro USB/USB C adapters and if there were I’d never ever use them. POE is meant for networking and Ethernet stuff not charging your cellphone.

[–] CactusJ@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

;-). I asking if I could, not if I should…. :-). I plugged a usb-c ethernet adapter into the back of a Logitech light, and into the poe switch. And I got no light.

I really just want to make it work for fun.

[–] 3-2-1-backup@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Eh, PoE is meant to power devices. It doesn't care much whether that's a phone, a camera, or whatever. Worst case it'll just be slow depending on what flavor of PoE we're talking about.

[–] grunthos503@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

There's an entire industry of commercial building architects and design teams that are installing PoE-powered lighting and other non-network devices everywhere. It's not 2003 any more.