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. > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:05:36 -0700 > From: camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Re: Totally Trivial Question About The Digital Clock > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > I bow to your trivia-fu. > > On Oct 30, 2011, at 8:32 PM, Loren Busch <starwagen@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > > In the last couple of weeks I've pulled the fuse that feeds all my aux > > stuff. That includes the digital clock in the dash, it goes out. Now the > > curiosity. When the clock gets power again it starts at 1:25. It's done > > this several times now so the 1:25 isn't random. Every other digital clock > > I can remember seeing goes to either 9:99 or 12:00 on power up. So why the > > heck does a Vanagon clock (at least mine) power up with such a strange time? > > (Isn't this more fun than a tire or oil or troubleshooting a dead battery > > or some such?) |
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