By the way, I meant to say that I admire your analytical approach of trying to figure out WHY things don't work, rather than just being satisfied that some change makes it work. Sean At 09:36 PM 4/13/02 -0700, you wrote: >Hello, > >When I connect V+ and V- both to ground to effectively turn off the op. amp, >the voltage between the resistors in the voltage divider is 1.3V (measured >with an X10 probe and paid more attention this time). I am indeed using a >R-R op. amp that can handle inputs close to both the positive and negative >rails. The reference voltage is connected to the non-inverting input on the >amplifier. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.