On May 27, 2006, at 3:46 PM, Olin Lathrop wrote: >> but the book I got this from claims that this is >> equivalent. > > That's nonsense. Think about it. How is a diode from the bottom > of the > relay to ground going to catch the solenoid current when the > transistor > turns off? It seemed odd to me certainly. My thought was that it was something too clever for my newbie level of understanding to make sense of, so I just transcribed it literally from the book. Thanks again for helping me through this, darren -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist