Slow clock?

[skendrick]

Hi,

Can anyone help me, my digital clock is losing time at around 1/2 hour per day. Has anyone else had this and how can it be recified?

Thanks

Steven
944 Turbo 1988

 

[hotblack944]

Steven,

The clock does not 'tick' when the power is disconnected, but does remember the last time (so you know how long a battery change takes []). If your clock is loosing time, there may be an intermittent contact somewhere in the supply to it.

HTH,

Jim.

 

[skendrick]

Thanks for the info I will get it checked out.

 

[Kevin Welch]

Hi Steven

I had the same problem. Remedy= new clock . Very very expensive. Previously Owned(second hand from a breakers to you and me) circa £50 -£60[]

 

[Fen]

It should be easy to find a working clock with a broken display, or alternatively someone (me?) would give you a few quid for the display from your slow clock to resurrect their broken display one.

 

[944turboS]

Heres the answer to your problems.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=10408&item=4553333762&rd=1

 

[TTM]

Perhaps it's just the weights that have reached the carpet ? []

 

[Guest]

There was a thread about repairing the clock on rennlist last week. There was a guy who was going to source the parts required for a fix. If something comes of it, I'll crosspost it here.

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: pikey7

There was a thread about repairing the clock on rennlist last week. There was a guy who was going to source the parts required for a fix. If something comes of it, I'll crosspost it here.

I saw that also. I think he was suggesting that it was (with his background) easy to make lcd clocks for our cars with whatever you wanted them to read and layout/colour (as in white against black, I think) very cheaply. Worth keeping an eye out, for those who has ceased to be.

 

[Alpine]

ORIGINAL: Kevin Welch

Hi Steven

I had the same problem. Remedy= new clock . Very very expensive. Previously Owned(second hand from a breakers to you and me) circa £50 -£60[]

might work out cheaper to wear a watch instead!

 

[skendrick]

Hi all,

Thanks for all your comments, I am waiting to find a spare hour or two to check this problem out and see if there is a simple explaination for the fault. It has only started to do this since it got stuck in a heavy downpour (car also gave up on me for about a week before it dried out) so it may just need drying out and a spay of WD40.

I will keep you posted.

Regards

steven