Patent attributes
The invention relates to a powered device (2) like a luminaire for being used in a power distribution system (100), which is preferentially a PoE system and which comprises a power supply device (1). The powered device includes an electrical load like a light source, a voltage measurement unit for measuring a voltage received by the powered device, and an electrical load power providing unit for transforming power supplied by the power supply device to an electrical load power to be provided to the electrical load, wherein the power level of the electrical load power depends on the measured voltage. This allows adapting the power intake to the really received voltage, which may be reduced due to losses like cable losses, which in turn can lead to an increased intake power in comparison to the intake power of powered devices in accordance with the actual Po E IEEE 802.3at standard.