Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned, as an officer or director of Power-One, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), hereby constitutes and appoints Tina D. McKnight and Richard Gerrity and each of them, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Corporation, a Form ID, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such forms and/or documents with the SEC or similar authority and the Corporation.

(2) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of the Corporation, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC, any stock exchange, quotation service or similar authority, and the Corporation; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-infact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Corporation assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Corporation, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

This Power of Attorney shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of California.

This Power of Attorney is executed at Camarillo, California as of the date set forth below.

Neil Dial
Name

/s/ Neil Dial
Signature

Dec. 11, 2008
Date

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