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Re: Diode for Radio Power

We had our briefly reversed and connected to 12v at the same time. Fortunately, nothing fried-- it was notices very quickly.

I'd suggest putting some red electrical tape on insulation near the end of the + lead to minimize the likelihood of it happening again and leave a tab of tape with "5v !" written on it on both sides.
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