BX clocks
BX clocks
Hi all,
Is it me or do all BX clocks just fade away. My BX Estate was an eBay special for 350 quid 3 years ago and is still going strong and when i got her the clock display was quite visible and green in colour. Not long after it seemed to fade away and after 2 replacements its no better. I can see the time with the sun on it but only then and the rest of the time its almost impossible to see. All the clocks work ok jut cant hardly see them. I have thoroughly cleaned all the connections but this dosnt make any difference.
Anyone with any ideas? Will i just have to live with it and buy a seperate clock?
Andy
Is it me or do all BX clocks just fade away. My BX Estate was an eBay special for 350 quid 3 years ago and is still going strong and when i got her the clock display was quite visible and green in colour. Not long after it seemed to fade away and after 2 replacements its no better. I can see the time with the sun on it but only then and the rest of the time its almost impossible to see. All the clocks work ok jut cant hardly see them. I have thoroughly cleaned all the connections but this dosnt make any difference.
Anyone with any ideas? Will i just have to live with it and buy a seperate clock?
Andy
Thanks Waytogo
have done as you said and it lit up like a christmas tree so there was a loose connection, I will have to keep my eye on it[when i am not scratching them as i did last Friday] as the connection is not perfect.I have missed this not working for the past 2 and a half years and all it was was a simple fix.
Thanks to all of you.
Andy
have done as you said and it lit up like a christmas tree so there was a loose connection, I will have to keep my eye on it[when i am not scratching them as i did last Friday] as the connection is not perfect.I have missed this not working for the past 2 and a half years and all it was was a simple fix.
Thanks to all of you.
Andy
Mark
You can carryout a mod on the digital clock to achieve night time illumination during the day, by bypassing the resistor on the clock printed circuit board, connected to the dim circuits.
Dismantle the clock. Looking at the rear of the circuit board with the unit horizontal.
At the top left and above the 4 connection tabs, you should find a diode and a resistor, inline, and running horizontal.
Just bridge the resistor with a small section of 10-20 amp fuse wire.
Regards
You can carryout a mod on the digital clock to achieve night time illumination during the day, by bypassing the resistor on the clock printed circuit board, connected to the dim circuits.
Dismantle the clock. Looking at the rear of the circuit board with the unit horizontal.
At the top left and above the 4 connection tabs, you should find a diode and a resistor, inline, and running horizontal.
Just bridge the resistor with a small section of 10-20 amp fuse wire.
Regards
Many thanks Jaba, Senior moment !! Glad my wiring is slightly better!!!
Andy
Locate the resistor, tin the ends of the bridge wire and solder onto the points of the existing resistor, leaving the resistor in place.
Not to difficult to modify. A smallish low watt soldering iron works well.
Make a U shaped loop with the bridge wire, bent to line up with soldering points, held in place, and then apply a blob of solder to the original connection points.
All your doing, is bypassing the resistor that normally reduces the voltage for dimmed/reduced illumination.
Regards
Andy
Locate the resistor, tin the ends of the bridge wire and solder onto the points of the existing resistor, leaving the resistor in place.
Not to difficult to modify. A smallish low watt soldering iron works well.
Make a U shaped loop with the bridge wire, bent to line up with soldering points, held in place, and then apply a blob of solder to the original connection points.
All your doing, is bypassing the resistor that normally reduces the voltage for dimmed/reduced illumination.
Regards