phreakout: That's amazing. I can pass that on to the electrician so he can trace he problem. Thanks!

techknight: That's very good news - it means I'm not wasting my time. Excellent.

Dennis Nedry: The RS website has so many DIP sockets and to my untrained eye I couldn't see one that looked right. (P.S. Like the website)

Once I get the SE30 I won I'll get these bits off to the electrician. He should be able to work out the IC socket.

Ant