> as far as general cleanliness, one of these years I'm gonna cut a hole in my wall and drop some cables to the basement with TB3 or DP 1.4 active fiber cables (not electrical cable so fire code ignores it)

Is it possible to purchase active fibre cables that are unpowered? I understood that these cable includes a pair of copper wires for power (the fire hazard) in addition to the optical link for data. And that the active components of these cables use (and hence require) that transported power.