[sdiy] circuit protection question

[David G. Dixon]

> With or without the polyfuse - is there any advantage to running a reverse
> rectifier diode to ground/antiparallel over running it in series with the
> supply line and are you just running one diode on one (positive?) rail or
> one on each rail?

Putting diodes in the rails would be the simplest thing to do, if one could
live with the diode voltage drop.  I suppose it might not matter with +/-15V
supplies, although overhead might get a bit tight with +/-12V supplies.

Does anyone actually do this?