[Roadsters] Clock

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First, I've been reminded that the Datsun stock clock stops when power is removed, so it's not the electro-mechanical wind-up type I thought in the discussion on here earlier of battery charging/current.

But on clock reliability, out of the half-dozen Roadsters I've had for a year or more (68-70 model years) only one car's clock consistently worked !

And it's just that problem of getting to it, as you point out, that had kept me from doing any exploration.

Also I figured out Roadster Time is measured in miles.

: )



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-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Strahl <utahltps at yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:17:30 
To: <courjpeg at gmail.com>; <datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net>; <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Subject: Clock

Speaking of clocks. My 70 1600 clocked has basically not worked. I have been 
busy working on other issues that actually keep me from running the car and have 
not been concerned about the clock. I run the car almost daily now. A few days 
ago the clock started working. It kept good time. This lasted a few days then it 
stopped again. Any body have this experience and any ideas for easy way to 
correct this? The clock looks difficult to get at for investigation.

Thanks Paul S


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From: "cour.jpeg at gmail.com" <cour.jpeg at gmail.com>
To: Tom Duffy <tomuo at comcast.net>; datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net; 
datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, July 16, 2011 6:10:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] battery tender

Splain this to me.

Does the thing have a timer, with a current sensor?  

And what happens when it switches from red to green? (Besides the LED changing 
color) 


Is there a dual stage charging circuit, perhaps, where red = high charge rate 
and green = trickle?

I'm always suspicious of these things since they're usually not sophisticated 
enough to match what they do to the CCA/battery size and age.

And Tom, I think the clock is spring wound, and no current draw except for the 
second or two it takes to trigger the electro_mechanical windup.


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-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Duffy <tomuo at comcast.net>
Sender: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.netDate: Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:21:28 
To: <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] battery tender

I too bought a well reviewed battery tender off Amazon for my Datsun.
Not too impressed with it, on first use it stayed red for more than 72 
hours,
which is the max it should have taken.  I gave it another 48 hours, and
it finally went green.  The unit (block that plugs into the AC power)
always feels a bit too warm even for when it is not actively charging.

My battery has always been quick to self-discharge (or the clock
is drawing too much current, which I don't think it is), and the 
electrolytes
might not be completely in balance, which might be throwing the
battery tender into a confused state.

Tom.


On 2011/07/15 14:55, Tim wrote:
> I bought a battery tender about a week ago. After each drive since I
> have hooked it up and the next day the little light has always been
> green. I had the Roadster out last night with headlights on and an
> auxillary power jack running my garmin. Today,  about 18 hours since
> hooking up the battery tender, the light is still red (not that
> surprising I guess) but the plug end is very hot.
>
> Anyone else experience this?
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