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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by wendallsan[/i] [br]Hi all, I'm very new to electronics, and have bought a Radio Shack Electronics Learning Lab to play around with. One of the circuits in the book for the lab is a dual led flasher (schematic is attached to this post). I've got it built and working fine, I am just now curious as to how it really works-- my guess is that power flows through both transistors to start, as the base of both is grounded. But as power flows, the caps charge and then one or the other loads enough to shut down one or the other transistors, which then starts the oscillation between the two transistors. Is this what's going on, or is there some other explanation? I'm just starting to come to grips with transistors, and appreciate your help! [img]uploaded/wendallsan/2009514174348_circuit.jpg [/img] [/quote]    Insert an Image File (GIF, JPG, JPEG, BMP, ZIP, PNG) Check here to include your profile signature.