Yes, it's better to switch the hot side, not the ground side.

Dale
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On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, rad0 wrote:

> I was going to put a little switch in the ground line,
> or the trace, between my power jack and the 7805,
>
> is this OK, or is there a better more correct way...

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