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120VAC needs a proper, enclosed junction box. Speaker cable, data, and low voltage power are fine with the more open low-voltage boxes. At what voltage are the enclosed boxes required? Do PoE lines (48VDC) need the same boxes as 120VAC? What's the cut-off?

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  • Typically communication wiring is allowed to use "low voltage" boxes, and power wiring must use closed boxes. Power over Ethernet (PoE) combines both, but I suspect would fall back to the safetiest which would be closed boxes.
    – Tester101
    Jan 11, 2014 at 5:32
  • If I remember correctly POE was designed to fall under low voltage most places so existing data wiring could be used. I have never seen ethernet cables used for PoE put inside an enclosed box.
    – Grant
    Jan 11, 2014 at 19:23

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Regulations vary by country/locale.

IEC SELV is < 25 VAC or < 60 VDC.

See IEEE 802.3 POEP Study Group Safety considerations for POE and POEplus

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  • What locale are you reporting about?
    – bib
    Jan 11, 2014 at 16:46
  • @bib: Ones that, directly or indirectly, base regulations on IEC/IEEE definitions. :-)
    – RedGrittyBrick
    Jan 11, 2014 at 16:57

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