On 5/4/2020 8:36 AM, Tim Shoppa wrote:
Has anyone done any time-nuttery with the mechanical clocks available in cars up through the 1970's?
My experience in the 1960's was that it seemed like I don't remember any car with one of these clocks that ever worked reliably. Meaning, the time would typically be way off, by hours. I would correct the time, and the clock would run OK temporarily, but within a few days, was way off again. I also remember that these faulty clocks would nevertheless startle me when the solenoid fired. It was LOUD. At the time, I didn't know what the sound was due to. So it was not like the clock didn't even run. Just a guess, but perhaps the solenoid didn't fire reliably over the wide temperature range the car experienced. At least -30 degrees F to +150 degrees F. Rick N6RK _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
