I use a POE+ powered box-camera on my desk for when I live stream. The problem I have with my camera however, is that it does not actually have a power switch. If it's plugged in, it's on. Because of this, I had to make an Ethernet Kill Switch to put on my desk to turn the camera on and off.

What I did was take two RJ45 connectors, and wired them together. The interesting thing about POE+ (rather than regular POE) is that it actually sends power over FOUR wires, instead of just two. In order to kill the power, I had to short both the blue and orange twisted pairs. So I managed to find a rare 4-pole switch to handle this. Sure, it's an ugly bat switch, but it's the only small form factor 4PDT switch I have ever found.

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