You can purchase a battery operated clock at Spencer Gifts that runs backwards. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Robinson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] clock movements
Battery powered electric clocks drive the motor from a transistor circuit that keeps good time. It's a lot more complicated than that but this is not an electronics list. Before someone else says something the transistors are in an integrated circuit. An integrated circuit is just a way to package transistors in a very small space. Anyway, if you reverse the battery, the motor won't run backwards, the transistors in the IC will burn out. Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny McHugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "blindhandyman" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 7:42 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] clock movements > Hi All, > I have an idea for a unique clock that I would like to make. It will > require having a clock run counter clockwise. I know that if you put a > battery in backwards a dc motor will run in reverse. I am not sure if the > clock movement would work this way with all of it gears and whatever is > inside. In theory it should work any ideas where I can find out before I > purchase the parts? > As for the project my brother is a Yuengling beer collector. For his > rec-room I am thinking about making a pendulum clock that runs backwards > and for the pendulum I plan to take a photo of a Yuengling bottle and > have it pasted on a thin piece of plastic to replace the clock pendulum. > A few years ago I made him a lamp out of a quart Yuengling bottle. The > hardest part was drilling a hole near the bottom for the wiring. > Lenny http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following Address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > Visit the new archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
