I’ve not had any issues with mine other than replacing batteries a time or two.
Jeremy On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 8:55 AM Dan Kemppainen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Has anyone else here had trouble with any of the LaCrosse UltrAtomic > clocks? > > I personally purchased one new around early 2017 it worked well until > early this summer. At that point it suffered a mechanical failure where > the minute hand would just swing around the 6 'o clock mark. > Occasionally the gears would hit, and the hand would swing to and fro a > bit. (Yes, we did replace batteries as a test). So, we ordered another > one, and replaced it. > > When I pulled the clock down from the wall, there was a lot of white > 'plastic' dust everywhere between the glass and clock face. Looks like > these are prone to wearing out quickly. Unfortunately the wife threw out > the dead one without me knowing, so no serous diagnostic surgery was > performed. > > > Then the clock we bought for work had the second hand quit. We tried a > set of batteries in this one also, which did not help. (Eco mode was > off). This one died a month out of warranty. > > I took that one home and did some digging. It appears the ID of the > pinion with the magnets (Part of stepper motor mechanism) is wearing. > It's brown plastic part, and there is a lot of brown plastic dust on the > fixed pin it rides on. > > In an effort to rejuvenate that clock, some cleaning was done, and small > bit of light oil was applied to the pinion shaft. (I did note, that one > of the other pinion/wheel shafts came from the factory with a bit of > oil). The second hand did start to move again after this cleaning and > lubrication. > > I've played with the supply voltage on that clock, and as long as > everything is above 3.0V it seems to operate correctly. Below that it > will sporadically miss steps, and eventually do it's automatic setting > routine. (Maybe drag from the oil applied, or drag from wear, etc...) > > Just curious if anyone else has noticed issues with these. > > Thanks, > Dan > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send > an email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there. > -- Jeremy Nichols Sent from my iPad 6. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] -- To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to and follow the instructions there.
