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[SOLVED] What u think about this reverse polarity design?

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Chriss:
Hi!
I'm repairing a tool which has this type of reverse polarity protection from the picture I draw.

I'm curious what you think about the circuit?

Especially what I'm interested is:
This tool under repair has also an USB connector to connect to the PC and the tool can be powered from the USB too.
But sometime it need to use the external 12VDC power source to be connected too.

I'm a bit confused with the GND line of the external power source and the GND of the USB port on my pc when they are together connected.

Actually, the two GND lines, 1. from the ext. pwr source and 2. from the PC USB port are somehow separated cos of the
diodes on the ext. pwr source connector.

The complete GND line is actually feed from the 5v regulator middle pin to the whole electronic when it is powered from the ext. pwr source.

From my point of view, the two GND's (ext. pwr source & the PC USB ) should be connected directly, without any diodes in between.
But in that case there would be no protection anymore if the ext. pwr. source is reversed, especially on the PC USB port.

How bad or dangerous can this be actually?
Should I pay attention to this type of protection circuit?

Thank you.

TimNJ:
In general, I don't see anything "wrong" with this type of protection. It's just a bridge rectifier. In this case, it works to maintain one polarity at the input of the voltage regulator. The main issue I see with this kind of design is there are 3 diode drops. Better off using a low Rds-on MOSFET.

That said, is your question more related to protective earth on the external supply vs.  earth of the PC/USB port? Is your 12V supply earth referenced?

strawberry:
what D3 do?
external SMPS will short circuit diode D4 or D5 . what will happen? (nothing)

Gyro:
It looks as if they're dumping some voltage in diode drops so that the 7805 runs cooler.

coromonadalix:
why d3   ??  anti reverse voltage going into the rectifier bridge ?

voltage drop ?

I suggest this picture

The diode rectifier bridge will never isolate any supply, or protect your pc from any 12vdc problems,  you have to use an dc - dc converter

Ie  12 vdc in / 5vdc out, there is some models with 5vdc in / 5vdc out

Personally i would not play with usb ports, sure some have protection, but  old pcs can supply little current amounts, and newest can go up to 1 amp in some cases, maybe more.

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