> So, again my ideea is good then ! You need a circuit just for power-up >the driver at the begining of the regulation process. A small oscillator >to keep the driver supply until the feedback regulation voltage may >supply continuously the driver. Yes, that is one approach I'm looking at BUT it is unfortunately not quite that easy in this application. While there IS nominally a battery present with a 9v rating (dropping to more like 5 volts in some cases) the presence of a battery may not be relied on. The alternative source is the wide ranging 0 to 130 volt supply. If I voltage double off this supply I will get operation at about 5 or 6 volts which is acceptable BUT I will then need to disable the voltage multiplier as I do NOT want it to multiply the 100+ volts to 200+ :-) An alternative is ICs like the UCC3802 family (upgradeds alternatives to the 3842) some of which have 5 volt operation. Unfortunately they are several times the price of the industry very-standard UC3842 series and much less available. > I don't understand how you manage one decade input voltage variation >(10...100V) but this is your business... Alternator powered by a person exercising :-). User speed varies and load varies which alters the terninal voltage seen by the equipment. Voltage is typically 10 to 50 volts at light loads and 5 to 15 at very heavy loads but can rise to 130 volts with VERY enthusiastic user at zero load. Worst case user MUST be designed for :-) Under heavy loads 10 volts plus is not reached until an unacceptably high user speed. RM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.