>220 ohm resistor is connected to wrong side of 47k's Oh f....or goodness sake, right in front of me all the time. Thanks to you and Kelly for spotting it. I should be grateful I don't often make mistakes like that (and especially one that could have been very noisy, smelly and shrapnelly), but it's still embarassing I've changed the PCB, but it doesn't flash. Possibly the MOCs are dead, have to dig out the isolating transformer and check, so I'll scrounge up some new parts and let you know Will also put up the proper layout and leave it there for Googlers -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist