hi terry, I will try putting some resistors accross my gaps. I have plenty of 10 meg 1/2 watt hv hi all, I have plenty of 10 meg 1/2 watt hv resistors left from my mmc building. will I get away with using these instead of 30 meg accross my gaps? many thanks bob golding ps: I am using a new mail package (pegasus) so if my formating looks wierd can someone tell me please.