>From: Spehro Pefhany <speff@INTERLOG.COM>
>
>It's generally bad practice to short the input of a regulator to ground,
>though you'd get away with it in this case (but not with a 7812).
>
Thanks Spehro.  I'm glad you mentioned this.  I'm switching the input pin of
the 7805 with a SPDT slide switch.  I was toying with the idea of switching
the input pin to ground when off, but you're saying better to just let it
float, right?

Thanks again,
Colin

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