Mosfet LED switch protection

[miaomiao]

Hello, guys. First topic in here, please be kind. Before I am start my program I've read some messages about circuit protect, like as LED lighting circuit protection. The situation is following:
I'm designing a Mosfet based switch that uses a low current reed switch to control either 24V or 12V LED strip lighting. Having some issues with the protection circuits. My specifications are as follows:

• 12-24V DC input
• 2A Max output current
• Reverse polarity protection
• Short circuit protection

My current circuit diagram:

Operation as follows:

• Input & output at the bottom left, MSTBA4.
• Switch connected top right SWT1
• Zener D1 ensures the gates are not driven above 15V to protect them from high voltage damage
• Q1 is connected in anti-series (drain to ground) and serves as reverse input protection, when reverse input the gate is pulled to ground through R1 turning Q1 off. During normal operation Q1 is turned on and bypasses its internal body diode.
• Q2 is the main switch, when the switch closes then Q2 is turned on and connects the load. (Low side switched)
• F1 is a Bourns MF-R250 PTC resetable fuse rated 30V 2.5A (trip current 5A) This is a problem as I will explain shortly.
• D2 is a Bidirectional TVS diode to absorb any transients.

The design works but there are a few issues I would like to improve, mostly with the current protection. The PTC takes about 5A to trip in a reasonable time, the 'fets are ok with this as they can handle 10A (thermal considerations aside). The problem comes with using a supply with current limiting such as a lab supply. For example with a current limit of 3A on the supply, the input voltage drops before the PTC kicks in. Once the input voltage is low enough the gate voltage on Q2 drops and causes it to leave saturation and enter triode region. Now Q2 starts to dissipate all the energy itself and fails! When working with a 24V Meanwell PSU this isn't an issue (NES-50-24), however I'm worried about this switch being used with other supplies...

The goal is to keep the cost and complexity as low as possible. I've considered some options:

• Add a comparator circuit for undervoltage protection. i.e. when input is <12V, pull Q2 gate to ground. > Problem here is even with hysteresis this causes the circuit to oscillate as the PSU recovers and then trips the protection again.
• Add over current protection with a current shunt and small op-amp + comparator to turn Q2 off. Again same problem with oscillation, also increases complexity.

Any suggestions?
Thanks all advice.