Hi,
Even if I use Schottky diodes, I think that I'd be wasting ~1W (0.5V forward voltage times a couple of Amps) out of a total power budget of ~25W or less. I did think about diodes, but I'm trying to be very energy efficient here.
And you're probably right that I could avoid DP relays, but I get a warm feeling inside totally isolating the unwanted supply, and the DPDT relays didn't seem (more) expensive... B^>
But, yes, thanks for the observations: they're spot on!
Rgds
Damon
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