At 06:21 PM 10/31/2011, Kevin ... wrote: > Ok I'm still a newbie in so many Vanagon ways but what's the > purpose of this clock? Mine just ticks on seemingly resetting > itself back close to zero every time I start the engine. I've been > using it to mark engine hours like an aircraft. It's a regular time-of-day clock, solder-jumper-selectable to either twelve hour or twenty-four hour display. Like the earlier analog clock it's very accurate, in the 5 seconds per month class (uses a 4 MHz crystal instead of the commoner and cheaper 32768 Hz which gives about 15 seconds per month). I believe it normally retains the time (may even keep running) for a short time with the battery unhooked, so I suspect there may be something hinky in the clock itself. Yours, David |
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