       break;
     case 4: // set led off
       wandLights.setPixelColor(lednum, 0);
-      break;
-    case 5: 
-      if (currentMillis - prevFlashMillis > wandFlashInterval) {
-        prevFlashMillis = currentMillis;
-        if( flashState == false ){
-          wandLights.setPixelColor(lednum, wandLights.Color(255, 255, 255));
-          flashState = true;
-        }else{
-          wandLights.setPixelColor(lednum, 0);
-          flashState = false;
-        }
-      }
       break;
   }
 

      poweredDown = false;
      shuttingDown = false;
      powerSequenceOne(currentMillis, pwr_interval, cyc_interval, cyc_fade_interval);
      setWandLightState(1, 2, 0);               // set back light orange
      setWandLightState(3, 0, 0);               //set sloblow red
      venting = false;
      setVentLightState(ventStart, ventEnd, 2);
    } else {

int cyc_interval = 1000;      // interval at which to cycle lights for the cyclotron.
int cyc_fade_interval = 15;   // fade the inactive cyclotron to light to nothing
int firing_interval = 40;     // interval at which to cycle firing lights on the bargraph. We update this in the loop to speed up the animation so must be declared here (milliseconds).

void loop() {
  // get the current time
