Obviously, I need to regroup on the Ascii circuit drawing and get back.... John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Ferrell" To: Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 2:49 PM Subject: [EE]: Mosfet student question. > I have never used a Mosfet before. > > (3)|Source-----757Lamp--- + 12V > +12v & 0v--100 ohm--Gate(1)| > (2)|Drain -- 0v > > IRF540N Mosfet > > The 757 Lamp is 24v, glows dim on 12v. > > Should this circuit switch the lamp on & off? > Am I blowing another Mosfet each try? > Do I have the right pinout? > Or is it I have a bad batch of '540N's from EBAY? > > John Ferrell > 6241 Phillippi Rd > Julian NC 27283 > Phone: (336)685-9606 > Dixie Competition Products > NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW > "My Competition is Not My Enemy" > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.