Hi guys!
Despite my negative feelings about 1gig poe limit, I pulled the trigger anyway and just bought MikroTik CRS320-8P-8B-4S+RM Switch to power up APs, Cameras and LED strip light in my house.
Can anyone suggest which POE splitter to use for 24v LED strips?
thanks
Since CRS320 offers 802.3 PoE-out that means 48V (or rather 54V). So to connect 24V LED strips, you'll need a DC-DC downconverter. Not a simple PoE splitter ... and then I'd wonder why connect LED strips to to this highly-capable not-so-cheap switch.
Technically you could use a RBGPOE-CON-HP to convert the CRS320 48V 802.3 PoE to passive 24V PoE followed by a passive splitter to extract the 24V to a barrel jack where you finally can connect the LED strip.
If a LED strip is worth all the hustle is a subjective matter.
I would say that with 1A (@24V) available aka 24W the powered led strip will be a short or low power one.
Using a 802.3bt port, up to 1.7 A (@48V) should be available, so some 80 W.
So a beefer splitter would probably be more useful.
But those tend to be costly.
Is data actually needed on the cable used for the led strip?
If not there Is no need to split anything and an el-cheapo buck converter would do (in "forced on" mode only).