function loadPanelImgs(path) {
	if (document.images)
	{
	  preload_on_image_objects = new Array();
	   for(i=0; i<=3; i++) {
	   	 preload_on_image_objects[i] = new Image();
	     preload_on_image_objects[i].src = "/"+path+"/img"+i+"_on.jpg";
	   }
	  preload_off_image_objects = new Array();
	   for(i=0; i<=3; i++) {
	   	 preload_off_image_objects[i] = new Image();
	     preload_off_image_objects[i].src = "/"+path+"/img"+i+"_off.jpg";
		}
	}
}