Hardware Watchdog

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Hardware Watchdog

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Hello,

I am trying the circuit found on the following link:

http://www.discovercircuits.com/PDF-FILES/watchdog.pdf

I have connected LED indicators to the output (pin 3), and placed another to pin 5. This is to see if I can obtain blinking LEDs. When I powered the circuit up with 5V DC-power supply, the LED (the one connected in pin 5) didn't blink. But when I touched (with my hand) the negative terminal of the Zener diode, the circuit worked fine. The circuit did work fine also when I touched the casing of (or rotating knob of ) the variable resistor (potentiometer).

Can anyone tell me what is going on with my circuit?
Is there any wrong connection in the circuit?

Thanks,

Won