In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:28:22 -0400: Hi, [snip] >[email protected] wrote: > >> I wasn't talking about clocks with synchronous motors, but rather electronic >> clocks that use the line frequency directly&/or for synchronization, and I >> think there are still quite a few of those. > >I know what you mean. I used to have one. I think it burned up one day. >I do not recall seeing any for sale in stores for 30 years or so . . . > >There are some web sites about this, in which line frequency electric >clocks are referred to as "antiques." > >Wall clocks these days use AA batteries, don't they? > >- Jed
... try alarm clocks. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
