thank you very much
i only need to use it to power a max232 as i have tried in vain to reduce the current taken from my pic when in sleep mode
but i still get about 3mA
so i just thought that if i power the max232 from the pc it should
draw current from the battery
when i completely remove both the 5v and gnd from the max232
my pic in sleep mode is 45uA which is good


Toni