RE: Use of same cable for Video and computer

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Quoting Keith Doxey <<a
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> Highly unlikely.

But don't quote you on that eh keith? :)

> The thing that could cause damage would be plugging a phone line in by
> mistake or somethiing that was feeding power over the CAT5,
particularly if
> greater than 12V.

Yup, when I was wiring up my place, I accidentally plugged my network
tester
into a patchpanel wired to the phone line. The phone rang then and that was
it - one tester RIP. £75 later, I'm much more careful these days..... [side
note, on ebay you can get new testers from china for about 8 quid!)

cheers,

T.