Talk about Fair Weather Friends (and I thought the B-2 bomber was the only piece of machinery that couldn't stand getting wet)... The sun is shining, the birds are chirping, and #5939 is home in Bill's driveway. Attn: Martin Gutkowski -- would you be willing to correspond about my little situation? A British electician may be just what I need (can you spell "wet weather"). If so, please eMail me direct: brobertson@xxxx (no sense in wasting the group's bandwidth). Attn: any other waterlicians (John Hervey?) -- feel free to eMail too. FWIW: with the pastor staring over my shoulder last night I did not pull the resistor line off the coil to ensure 12v OK. Too late now (is 12v in the sun). My temporary line from the positive jump post was also just wedged in, not bolted, so it may not have been making good contact. You work with the tools at hand. Are we living the dream yet? Bill Robertson #5939