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		drcoopster on Jan 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Power over fiber Think of it as the same as the internal resistance of a conductor. Some of the photons are effectively absorbed by the fiber and turned into heat.

petercooper on Jan 4, 2024 [–]

Thanks! I am embarrassingly so much a 'software' kind of person that this didn't occur to me, but I get the idea a bit better now.

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