At 02:46 AM 6/12/2003 -0500, you wrote: >That should be 60mA collector current. Base current should be somewhere >around 4mA. Shouldn't be a problem. I wonder if you might have gotten the resistor value wrong or perhaps a short across the resistor? Best regards, Spehro Pefhany --"it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" speff@interlog.com Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com -- 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