How come my MOSFET was a "smoking", I thought it was rated high enough.

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yeah righto , totally confused now, lol.

This is where I get my parts from as the hve a shop in town. http://www.jaycar.com.au/index.asp

Can some one find me a suitable mosfet, the one you mentioned the IRL540 is not listed (I do not think) .