Cat6 sales are going to soar if this catches on. Saw it posted on another forum- POE powered 2x2 drop-in fixtures and dimmers from Ubiquiti. Looks like the IT geeks will be installing lighting now.
https://store.ubnt.com/collections/led
-Hal
well, as others have said, this dog won't hunt.
let's say that a typical 2x4 led drop in fixture pulls 39 watts.
most of them do, to simplify T24 compliance in Calif.... land
of green buildings and red fires.
keeping to an 80% circuit load, that comes to 113 fixtures.
per 20 amp 277 circuit. so, how many POE drops are we gonna need?
now, you say "but we can have all the controls ran over POE".
why would you want to?
http://www.lutron.com/en-US/Products/Pages/WholeBuildingSystems/Vive/Overview.aspx
wireless controls. program with a cellphone. a wireless hub.
i watched a guy set one up in a 40k sq. ft. occupancy.
less than a days work. T24 compliant, daylight harvesting, load shed, scenes, everything.
no knowledge of controls or much of anything required for fixture install.
a hot from the panel unswitched, looped fixture to fixture. black, white, green. duh.
programmer doesn't need to be an electrician. cellphone, green pen laser, and a bit of
training.
if you are a sparky, and you have not learned how to program lighting controls,
you are moving in the wrong direction.