----- Original Message ----- From: "Lindy Mayfield" >I connected my multimeter from +5 on the battery to the circuit and it reads about 75 mAmps. I'm quite new to this, but that seems >like a lot. It's a lot for a 9V battery, but not really a lot, considering that you're powering 20 LEDs, presumably at pretty high current. I don't think you can easily do much to reduce current consumption enough to use a 9V, besides dimming the LEDs. As someone else mentioned, 9V batteries are rarely or never used in always-on LED clocks, because of the high current consumption of LEDs. What you *could* do is to have the LED's turned off most of the time, with a button to display the time when you want to see it. Like someone else mentioned, just buy a 9V wall-wart, and use it instead of the battery. - Robert -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu