Thanks to all for your respoonse.

As Skimask indicated I found more hits on Google and I could not possiblity look at them all.
My posting was not to save time, but hopefully get some real world application feedback on practical circuits. Unfortunately I have not always found that everything on a Google search is credible.

In regards to the posting by mister_e I am experiementing with a mosfet circuit. I am using a simple NPN and PNP transistor as a driver off the PIC.

The posting by sayzer is interesting, but in the future I may want to add speed control which I do not see as possible with the relay.

If anyone has any comments on the pros and cons and reliabiltiy of the multitude of mosfets available for this application it would be appreciated.