Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Robynsaddiction-at-aol-dot-com> Thank You Jan. That is a wonderful start. Turns out that I have the pins of the LM317 confused with the pins of the LM340. I was almost too embarrassed to reply to this. DARN! It is always the little things that get you. Oh well, I'll report back after that is fixed. Thanks so much. -Richard