Re: Heads Up for Power Supply deal...

Bertho Boman wrote:

> From: Bertho Boman <boman@...>
>
> That is usually OK but it is also an easy way to kill power supplies if they are not designed correctly. For example, if the fuse
> blows in one supply the other one will feed power backwards into the one that is not turned on and often kill it.

Yes, in a linear regulated supply, this could indeed happen. In a switching
regulated supply, there is just a transformer winding and a diode, so there
will be no harm to it.

Jon