I swapped the IC chips with TLC555 Cmos and the voltage at C8 is better but still only about 1.8v. This is still not near enough to light the LED. With 5vdc applied to the circuit the voltage at C8 is also low.
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Tom
Thanks for responding audioguru,
1) What size of battery cell did you try?
1.5v AA and also tried 5vdc straight from a power supply.
With 5vdc C8 only charges to approx. 3.5v.
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