Can you not rather use a fet to do this.(less stress on the resistor?)

Thys

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Subject: Re: [PIC:] Why is my 12F629 resetting?


>   240V~
>     o-------/\/\/---+--|
>  Neutral    4.7M

Bala, make sure that 4M7 is OK to drop 230V. It would
be better to put 3 x 1M5 or 4 x 1M2 in series

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