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Many likely already do exactly that. It's similar to computer power supplies, which can often (at least if they don't claim active PFC) just take DC at 320 V if
by namibj 7y ago
Many likely already do exactly that. It's similar to computer power supplies, which can often (at least if they don't claim active PFC) just take DC at 320 V if set to 230 V AC, because the current handling on the bridge rectifier is specified for 115/120V, which results in a their current rating only being half-used at 230 V.
Which reminds me to check a modern server power supply for whether it could just be switched over to a battery bank at a suitable voltage on power loss. Most load should be easy to shed in a couple seconds by triggering suspend-to-RAM, and UPS are wastefully expensive if they only exist to tank full load for a moment and standby/idle for long enough to handle manual filling and starting of a generator.