My suggestion would be to open the clock and re-seat the processor chip, for starters. It is socketed. Simple, even pressure with your thumb. Don't go crazy. Sometimes the contacts tarnish and a little re-seating will do the trick.
Terry On Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:33:45 AM UTC-5, Quincy wrote: > My much loved Jeff Thomas NixiChron began behaving oddly last night. And I > haven't a clue how to get it fixed. Who does one hire in this sort of > situation, how do you find someone? > > The problem the clock is exhibiting is pretty weird. It began to beep > every few minutes (it's supposed to only beep on the hour) and the display > began to show impossible times, like "25:34:12", and the digits would > change in ways not consistent with the normal passage of time. I tried > powering off and powering on, and it still seems like it's trying to be > sort of normal. Normally when you power it on it cycles the tubes back and > forth, and beeps, and tries to get a lock on GPS satellites to get the > time. And when I power it on it does cycle the tubes and does beep as it > does when you turn it on, but all the tubes don't cycle normally, some are > out, at least partly, others are on but locked on numbers, some are showing > multiple digits at once. > > I bought it assembled. I haven't yet opened up the clock. Sometimes I > can do more harm than good, so I try to explore other options first before > turning myself loose on the problem. Occasionally I manage to fix things, > but I've also lost parts, ruined components with weak soldering skills, > shorted out things. I want to be handy with electronics, but am more used > to working in computer code where a serious error can be instantly fixed > and undone, not real life where a slight screw up can effectively ruin > something you care about forever. > > The clock is important to me, so I'd like to get it fixed by someone who > is highly likely to be successful and not cause further damage. I'm outside > Frederick, MD (just north of Washington, DC), should that matter. > > Any recommendations? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1af460f9-05a9-4fc0-9793-43e3fb88ff46%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
