On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 11:52:24AM +1300, Brent Brown wrote:
> On 6 Nov 2016 at 22:31, Chris McSweeny wrote:
>=20
> > <snip> It's not that that's the issue. This is for an external battery =
for
> > something which also has an internal battery. When the external battery=
 is
> > unplugged it will switch to the internal battery, but apparently that's=
 not
> > happening when the external battery is left plugged in but runs flat.
>=20
> Typically (but I appreciate this could be inappropriate for any
> number of reasons) one might include diodes so the battery with the
> highest voltage supplies power.  Seamless switch-over when either
> battery goes flat.

Or ideal diodes made from p-channel MOSFETs?

My guess is that the something else isn't to be hacked.

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