Hi Alan This just seems too good to be true ;-] Its a cruel hoax by Fairchild who will discontinue the part the day before I order ;-] I'll put you on my beer distribution list if this works out ;-] >$.22 ea @ 1K pcs. >pn FDC6323L Integrated Load Switch If it works this is much cheaper than the combination of other parts ie 2222 and power trans. My only question would be if its possible to hand solder this. I didn't see a through hole model and I haven't tried to solder a sot 6 before with an iron. Cheers Dave -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics