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W113 Pagoda SL Group => Electrical and Instruments => Topic started by: al_lieffring on October 19, 2018, 14:21:04

Title: PUB 2009 souvenier clock, Replacement movements.
Post by: al_lieffring on October 19, 2018, 14:21:04

Hey Y'all

I have been getting requests for the exact replacement for the quartz movement I used to build the PUB 2009 shop clock.

https://www.klockit.com/q-80-quartz-clock-movement.html (https://www.klockit.com/q-80-quartz-clock-movement.html)

In the drop down select the 5/16" dial thickness.

I imagine most of these movements are now at the end of their usable life.
Don't blame the movement, a quartz movement should last much longer. But I have found out that batteries are the problem. The alkaline batteries that are on the market now are no longer permitted to contain Mercury, this can cause corrosive leakage as the battery ages, eventually damaging the circuitry of the quartz movement.
If you remember to change the battery once a year, they should last forever, well a lot longer anyways.

Alan

Title: Re: PUB 2009 souvenier clock, Replacement movements.
Post by: Mike Hughes on October 20, 2018, 00:43:21

Yep, get in the habit of replacing all your quartz clock batteries at the same time you replace your smoke alarm batteries each fall and you should not have to worry about aging batteries going bad and corrupting the works.

Title: Re: PUB 2009 souvenier clock, Replacement movements.
Post by: Vander on October 20, 2018, 01:25:12

For those of us that weren't there, can someone post a picture? Sounds interesting.

Title: Re: PUB 2009 souvenier clock, Replacement movements.
Post by: ja17 on October 20, 2018, 04:31:05

John,
I still have one of Al's clocks hanging in my shop.  Remind me to point it out to you next visit.

Title: Re: PUB 2009 souvenier clock, Replacement movements.
Post by: al_lieffring on October 20, 2018, 14:13:53

Here is a pic of the prototype, I sold all the others I made (on 4 continents)

Al

Title: Re: PUB 2009 souvenier clock, Replacement movements.
Post by: mbzse on October 20, 2018, 15:18:15

Quote from: al_lieffring

Here is a pic of the prototype.../...

Nice indeed  :D