Functionally a clock has better specifications when switched off. While no running analog clock ever displays the exact time due to inaccuracy, a stopped clock shows the right time 2 times a day. Digital clocks are even worse They do not even show the right time when switched off.
Regards, Ing. Gert Gremmen [email protected] www.cetest.nl Kiotoweg 363 3047 BG Rotterdam T 31(0)104152426 F 31(0)104154953 Before printing, think about the environment. Van: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Namens John Woodgate Verzonden: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:38 PM Aan: [email protected] Onderwerp: Re: [PSES] EuP Directive and office hall clock In message <84BC539516774DDCAD94C4BDFBA95EA3@ANDYTHINKPAD>, dated Wed, 30 Sep 2009, Andy Clifford <[email protected]> writes: >A clock in standby mode would be displaying the time when it was put in >standby mode - not very useful! This thing about clocks is an old 'chestnut'. Safety advice suggests, when taken literally, that a clock should be disconnected from the mains when no-one is looking at it, especially overnight! -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
