> Yep, I have it in backwards. If it's any comfort, I might have put it in backwards too. All of the signal transistors I use (BCxxx) are ebc, rather than your cbe Last week I put a load of regulators in "badly" after glancing at the wrong datasheet. Originally I intended 78L05s, which are OGI (oddly, the reverse face view of the 7805), for the board, then substituted S81250 LDOs, which are GIO. Whoooopsie Luckily there was no accompanying smell, that one we don't like -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist