Hello all, I just had a thought. Oh, what a dangerous thing. Oh well here it=20 is. What if I pull the output pins low with a 10K resistor hooked up to=20 ground and leave them in input mode. When I want to output a high I then=20 change the pin from input mode to output mode. I have already setup the=20 pin to output a high. So I am only changing the TRIS bit for the pin and=20 since the pins are only high for a very short period of time this would=20 minimize the current draw. This would only be 0.5mA of current. Am I=20 thinking clearly on this? What about using a 100K resistor? Thanks, rich! --=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 .