I guess my email didn't get through because I said something similar a
couple days ago and got no response. I did preface it by saying that I
came to the conversation late and perhaps I was way off base. I assumed
from the lack of comment this was the case. Mmmmm, at least someone else
shares a similar opinion.

Stark Robert E SSgt 391FS/MAOD wrote:
>
> All of this discussion on polarity problems...  please, somebody correct me
> if I'm wrong, but why can't you just connect the power input terminals to
> the AC side of a bridge rectifier and the circuit to the DC side?  That
> would enable you to connect power in any direction without problem, right?
> What would the voltage drop be across a standard BR?
>
> -Robb