On 16/09/2018 02:16, Cousin Ricky wrote:
>> I was surprised to learn that clocks still use the wall 60Hz for a
>> clock. Every clock ran 8 minutes a day fast. Even my coffee pot. I
>> figured it's a computer, it has a crystal.
> 

> can't imagine any such clocks would be any more than useless around here.

Not an assumption at all. Until the 1980s a lot of electric clocks used 
an AC synchronous motor. The early ones did not self start. You had to 
spin the motor manually. I have one that uses a lever and ratchet to 
start it. Others could be made to run backwards. They were accurate to 
one ac cycle a day if your grid was half decent.



So there! ;)

Your comments about armchair hurricane watchers are apt.
But it is human nature.


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Regards
     Stephen

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