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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>> I've often wondered if it would be possible to convert AC to 12VDC
for the entire datacenter then run 12V lines to each server and only have a
DC->DC <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>12V/5V/3.3V Point of Load power supply do the conversion.
Thus eliminating power loss in the multiple AC-DC conversions and running all
the extra power <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>supply fans, etc<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This is nothing new…new to IT data centers…but nothing new…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Telecoms run -48v DC in their switching centers. Another example
of something old is now new… I wish I would have thought of it….
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