On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Terence Peterson wrote: > If you have access to a variac, you may want to gradually apply power to = the > circuit and observe your readings at lower thresholds before doing an > ultimate smoke test:) Ah, not a bad idea! Sadly, I no longer have ready access to a variac! I guess I will have to do the repairs, power it up, and hope it doesn't get too...excited. Side note, be careful with some variacs, they go above the input voltage! Thankfully it was being used for testing some lighting fixtures at the time, and while nothing was damaged, bulb life was considerably reduced! Josh --=20 A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. -Douglas Adams --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .