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My "new to me" small clock only works intermittently. Some notes on fixes are below. I didn't fix mine yet; that job is stacked up circling awaiting a landing strip.
I went into Archives and searched on "small clock"
There are several threads; posts below have some nice specifics
http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=329960
[Art Benstein]
Just received my new issue of Rolling yesterday. There is a letter to the editor from Carl Bauske entitled "Winter Tech Tip" detailing the capacitor replacement. The procedure suggests using a Dremel with a cutoff wheel to open the case of the clock 1/4" behind the clock's bezel. Carl used freeze spray to verify the capacitor's culpability, then suggested using 220 microfarad 35 VDC caps to replace the unmarked originals. Says the Radio Shack p/n 272-1029 is an exact fit. Carl used tape to join the case at the cut.
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http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=1053667
[flood]
Thread's previous poster had bought new caps and installed with + where the orig had ">" visible. Clock still dead.
Reply:
I took a look at a few caps that I had hanging around. some of them had the > sign but they were also marked with a - sign indicating negative. I think you might have them in backwards.
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http://www.brickboard.com/RWD/index.htm?id=613032
[Bob Wennerstrom]
I know this info has been posted before but I haven't seen it in a while so thought I'd post this fix again. I had a couple of non running small clocks laying around so thought I'd try the capacitor trick. It worked! The hardest part is getting the black ring uncrimped from the clock body. a little prying with a screwdriver from the edge pointing away from the driver did the trick. I haven't tried re-crimping it yet but a cursory examination of the plastic snap-in trim piece tells me that even an ugly recrimp will not be visible from the drivers perspective. There's 2 capacitors in there, 100uf. I had an old broken piece of electronic equipment around that had those values so I removed them and installed them in the clock. It started running and the time was correct after 3 hours. If your clock isn't running and you've got an hour to kill, it's a pretty easy repair.
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