[Healeys] Austin Healey Barbie clock radio

[Patrick and Caroline Quinn]

G'day

Mine is brand new and still in the box it was sold in. It was a gift.

Just doesn't work in this part of the world. It's been explained to me what
it doesn't, but it's the same as talking Inuit to me.

Hoo Roo

Patrick Quinn
Sydney, Australia

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mike Slechta
Sent: Saturday, 10 April 2010 12:16 AM
To: Bob Spidell; Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com
Cc: stmiller96 at hotmail.com; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Austin Healey Barbie clock radio

All this chatter about the "Austin Healey Barbie Clock".  Is this something
new or old?  What does it look like?  Where do I get one?
Mad Mike
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Bob Spidell
  To: Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com
  Cc: healeys at autox.team.net ; stmiller96 at hotmail.com
  Sent: Friday, April 09, 2010 8:28 AM
  Subject: Re: [Healeys] Austin Healey Barbie clock radio


  Off topic, but .... I've never heard of the power frequency (60Hz)
  'sliding' off, at least not here in the States.  The voltage can drop
  from an overload--i.e. a 'brownout'--but the only thing that could
  change the frequency is generator speed changing.  Since all the power
  producers--hydro, wind, gas, coal, nuke--are tied together in a grid
  they are precisely synchronized.

  Frequency would only affect an electromechanical clock--one driven by an
  electric motor.  The Barbie clock is solid state--AC is converted to DC
  for use by integrated circuits (like the LED display).  A frequency
  change would have little to no effect.  Most modern electronics have
  switching power supplies--they rectify the AC to DC then smooth the DC
  with capacitors and step it down--converting back to AC or pulsed DC
  then back to DC--as required (+/- 3V, 5V, 12V, etc.).

  bs




  Josef.Eckert at t-systems.com wrote:
  > The Barbie clock radio is frequency triggered. It works well with a
constant
  > 60 Hertz frequency. In Europe with a 50 Hertz frequency or when the
frequency
  > slides off because of overload in the power supply system the clock
could
not
  > keep the time anymore.
  >
  > Josef Eckert
  > Konigswinter/GERMANY
  >


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  Bob Spidell           San Jose, CA            bspidell at comcast.net

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