From: Denny Esterline <desterline@gmail.com>
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Don't consider myself the expert here, but I think the answer is a firm
"Probably, most of the time, except when it's not."
I suspect the better question is "why bother?" Diodes are cheap, risk is
not.

-Denny




On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 1:37 PM Harold Hallikainen <
harold@mai.hallikainen.org> wrote:

>
> > I've worked on a couple circuits that had multiple supplies.
> > The term I heard used was "auctioneering diodes".
> > A quick google gives ~10k hits and at least the first page seems releva=
nt
> > to the discussion.
> >
> >  -Denny
>
> Could the output diode in a typical flyback switcher serve as the
> "auctioneering diode?"
>
> Harold
>
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