wkearney99
Senior Member
drvnbysound said:It's not at all preferable to me.
I'd have to let Del answer for himself, but I think above he was referring to certain AHJs lack of POE understanding and possibly not allowing it for certain installations...
I don't see it as preferable either. Especially not for residential. Why? Decor, that's why. There's a staggering volume of choices when it comes to decorating your home and light fixtures are no exception. Having just dropped around $3k for less than a dozen fixtures I know the adventures involved. It's bad enough narrowing down LED, CFL, incandescent, on-device controls, corded or hardwired, it's a chore. The idea of adding PoE to that mix is ridiculous, at best. There's also the problem of voltage drop and carrying capacity. The thin gauges typically used for PoE make it impractical for anything other than LED. AC may have it's issues but DC isn't ideal for longer distances.
For commercial it's another matter. There's already quite a lot being done with 0-10v setups, DMX, and any number of schemes for near-element transformers and wireless controls. In those situations where you're talking about hundreds of the same fixtures, repeated endlessly across a sea of cubicles there's definitely something to be said for maximizing energy usage.