I did see that in the post. I am just now learning to read schematics so I am a little slow on the uptake. I kept being thrown off by the 555 chip in the lower left side. I guess you were using it to make sure the caps were discharging in a timely manner. I will get up to speed soon, especially with a group of experimentors like you have hear. We are a dying bread. Most people just like to eat what they are fed. I like to see where the boundries really are. I tell people a story about a baby elephant that is chained to a tree to keep it in place at the circus. Early on he pulls and pulls on the chain and learns that he is unable to break his bonds. As years go by, and he grows into a massive beast, they are able to keep him in place with a little rope tide to a stake in the ground. It is no longer the rope that holds him in captivity. He is a prisoner of his own beliefs!

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