- 1. [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "Pieter and Linda Scheenhouwer" <pieterscheen@optusnet.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:12:51 +1000
- So I was browsing the rear view mirror pedestals on the Moss sale items at work today when a (female, blond) colleague asked me what they where for. I explained and since the healey doesn't have a cl
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00689.html (7,973 bytes)
- 2. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:20:13 +1100
- G'day Pieter Sometimes even blondes say things that contain more truth than you would expect. Perhaps someone can explain this for me? I have a Barbie Healey with a digital clock but it will not work
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00691.html (8,912 bytes)
- 3. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "G. Brierton" <gbrierton@hotmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:10:48 -0400
- Mike Schneider! Can you shed any light on this clock question?? GaryB _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00693.html (10,009 bytes)
- 4. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:38:18 +0800
- That's because you are Down Under, which means the digital display is upside down. You need to turn your barbie-clock upside down and then it will work correctly. You should also check to see if the
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00694.html (8,746 bytes)
- 5. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "Patrick and Caroline Quinn" <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:48:46 +1100
- That probably explains why I have the gravel rash on the top of my head. If I were to turn the clock arse about face then the electrons would fall upwards. I think it's got something to do with Hert
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00695.html (9,488 bytes)
- 6. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "Brits'n'Pieces \(Eric Frenken\)" <lists@brits-n-pieces.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:52:57 +0100
- I can only imagine that this clock is set remotely by a transmitter. We have this kind of transmitter here in Germany. The antenna is near the city of Frankfurt and the signal can be received within
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00696.html (9,729 bytes)
- 7. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: John Harper <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:29:59 +0000
- There is a similar system here in the UK. It used to be on transmitters near Rugby and the system often became called a Rugby Clock. However the transmitters used are now in the Lake District but a
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00697.html (9,018 bytes)
- 8. [Healeys] USA Time (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas.jack@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:21:08 -0500
- Years ago I remember being told that England used 50 cycle current. If Australia uses the same than a clock that requires 60 cycle won't work. Jack _______________________________________________ Hea
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00699.html (7,751 bytes)
- 9. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:29:11 -0700
- Hi Patrick, What, exactly, is the problem (failure mode)? I have a Barbie clock, I'll ask her what's the matter ;) bs ps. it doesn't set itself from an RF time server, just uses buttons that sometime
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00700.html (10,093 bytes)
- 10. Re: [Healeys] USA Time (score: 1)
- Author: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 21:39:36 +0800
- It's a digital clock. Cycles don't matter! Alan -- Alan '52 A90 '53 BN1 '64 BJ8 _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00701.html (8,298 bytes)
- 11. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: <insptwo@msn.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:48:03 -0500
- Might you know if your power is 60 or 50 cycles per second. I remember back in the 50's when I was stationed overseas, the guys would purchase very good Grundig (not sure about the spelling) record
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00703.html (10,786 bytes)
- 12. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: Al Malin <amalin@mac.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:08:35 -0400
- Cycles per second (CPS) is important for clocks driven by electrical motors and those motors were synchronous motors because their speed was governed by CPS. These motors operate in synchronization w
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00705.html (8,731 bytes)
- 13. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: John Harper <ah@jharper.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:31:43 +0000
- Those of us who lived in London during the war and relied on a synchronous motor clock had to be careful that the time shown was correct. Due to power shortages not only was the voltage reduced duri
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00707.html (8,712 bytes)
- 14. Re: [Healeys] USA Time (score: 1)
- Author: "Dallas Congleton" <dcongleton@embarqmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:50:30 -0400
- Actually in some digital clocks the line frequency does matter very much. AC powered digital clocks use the line frequency of the power line instead of a quartz crystal to calculate time. Any variati
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00708.html (8,742 bytes)
- 15. Re: [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "Dan Stromquist" <dan@warner-associates.com>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 11:41:29 -0500
- Chalk one up for the blonds! Dan --Original Message-- From: healeys-bounces+dan=warner-associates.com@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces+dan=warner-associates.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Al
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00710.html (9,462 bytes)
- 16. Re: [Healeys] USA Time (score: 1)
- Author: "Gil Rockwell" <gilrockwell@comcast.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 20:39:22 -0400
- Actually it does matter for digital clocks produced in the early years of digital clock technology. Digital clocks today use a crystal for the time base, but the early ones used the frequency of the
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00714.html (8,816 bytes)
- 17. [Healeys] USA time (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@hansencc.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:23:42 -0700
- ran into this problem when stationed in spain. they used 130 volt, 50 cycle, which means i had to have transformer to step down and regulate current, and all the american clocks i had ran slow, along
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00716.html (7,939 bytes)
- 18. Re: [Healeys] USA Time (score: 1)
- Author: Norman Nock <sjnnock@sbcglobal.net>
- Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:39:20 -0700 (PDT)
- Any body remember the 25 cycles in Toronto Canada in the early 50's and the problem when they changed the cycles ... at 25 cycles a low watt bulb would flicker ... Norman Nock _______________________
- /html/healeys/2007-10/msg00717.html (7,592 bytes)
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