But why do you use a 555 anyway?
You could take the timer1 for the long time periods without any external
hardware.

From: "Stephan Kotze" <stephank@IAFRICA.COM>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 12:31 PM


> Thanks for the advice, I tried it and traced the problem back to the 555.
> Boosting the voltage on the 555 to 6V solved the problem
>
> Thanks
> Stephan