How Do Analogue Quartz Clock Mechanisms Work & Can We Repair Them?
Ғылым және технология
These days almost all analogue clocks, clocks with hands and faces, have quartz controlled, battery powered movements. These always seem to fail after a bit so lets have a look inside a faulty one to see how it works. Maybe we can even fix it.
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I have been watching these clock repair videos for quite sometime .Nothing ever comes close to yours. I am so thankful to you for your great video. Please keep posting such useful videos.
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much - I'm glad you found it helpful. I do have some more repair videos in the pipeline.
@asolizadkins5821
Жыл бұрын
Agree!👍🏼
Thank you very much! This video is really helpful. People can repair their own clocks at home. As well as it helps to avoid throwing old damaged clocks into garbage or side of road or street. Repairing and restoring old clocks helps to keep the environment clean and healthy as well as avoid wastage of old ones.
@TripplikitElectronics
Жыл бұрын
Yes. So tempting just to throw throw them away because they are so cheap when, probably, most can be repaired in a few minutes.
@noelaruldas1152
Жыл бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronics Please upload a video that shows connecting and installing electronic chime that hourly play melody and count the hours to the quartz clock moment.
@noelaruldas1152
Жыл бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronics People are still not aware that the old damaged quartz clock moments can be repaired so that they are tempted to throw it out. When people become aware that quartz clock moments can be repaired they try to repair and restore dead quartz clocks. This video will make people alert about it so such temptation is avoided.
After following your lead, i managed to get my clock working again. Thank you. Clear, precise and informative. Top man
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
It is really nice to hear that people are finding my videos are helpful. Thanks for the comment.
@hengkockcheng8665
Жыл бұрын
How to assemble a quartz clock
Wow very helpful and clear vid! Had a sudden urge to fix my parents' wall clock that hasn't been working in years. Saw your video and with trial and error on the parts, I found that the problem was inefficient pressure on the power board! Got some tape in there and now it's perfect! Thanks for your guide on how to assemble it!
@TripplikitElectronics
Жыл бұрын
Glad you found the video helpful.
Huge Thanks to you!! I've finally fixed my Nightmare Before Christmas wall clock!!!
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful. Sounds like another clock that's worth fixing for its personal value.
Thank you for this video! Fixing my clock really made my day ;-)
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad!
@shivanagoudayakkikoppa1151
3 жыл бұрын
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Thank you for this video!! I have the exact same Mechanism in my clock,which had not been working for a while so I decided to take it apart and with your helpful video I managed to get it back together and it's now working, so thanks heaps😊
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it helped
Thanks for this mate. 👍 👍👍 Although Alibaba (and their '8 weeks if you're lucky' shipping) has lots of these mechanisms, you need to be precise as to dimensions and diameters, and the particular one I need is unavailable, so I pulled my mechanism apart to find that one of the battery-to-PCB contacts had corroded. In doing the pull down, bits went everywhere, of course, so your video helped me get it all back together again after I addressed the corroded contact. 👍👍👍
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful. As you'll have noticed, I paid a bit extra for a good quality mechanism from a local supplier.
Excellent video, really helped me assemble the clock back together!
@TripplikitElectronics
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Glad the video helped you.
Thanks a lot for all your efforts. I got mine apart and one of the wheels had some broken cogs. Hence why it was ticking and only worked for a little while. Thanks again and keep safe you and yours.
@TripplikitElectronics
Жыл бұрын
That's interesting. I know the cogs are only plastic but I wouldn't have thought the "motor" would have the power to damage them. Maybe someone used too much force trying to set the time.
@Ilovetosingem
Жыл бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronics Possible! Thanks again and keep safe you and yours.
The driver IC divides the 32768Hz crystal down to create pulsed AC with alternating plus-minus pulses every second. The permanent magnet rotor has north on 180 degrees an south on the other 180 degrees. The four points on the electromagnet are 90 degrees apart and when energized will pull the rotor to be centered between the two like poles of the electromagnet. When the pulse ends, the electromagnet de-energizes and the rotor rebounds to its resting position off center of the point at which it was when energized. Gaps between the rotor and stator are slightly smaller at the two points anticlockwise from the energized position, causing the rotor to move predictably anticlockwise at the next pulse which has opposite polarity. In other words, this is an AC motor with predictable resting positions.
@TripplikitElectronics
7 ай бұрын
Thanks for your knowledgable explanation. I didn't look into how the actual "motor" works. Sounds interesting - perhaps I should do another video on the subject.
Clesrly explained! Thank you 👍
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. My mechanism came a part whike trying to clean the circuit board and connectors and I refused to purchaseanother cheap China made mechanism. Your video was very helpful in helping me reassemble and get it working properly. Cheers.
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it helpful.
I had one where the battery had a slight leak and it creaped up the metal strips to the pcb, made a mess of the copper pads. But after a clean, the clock started ok :-D I have also had ones that stop for no reason, the clock divider+coil driver must have been dead.
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
I've always just thrown them away up to making that at video. That one was just bad contacts and it's still going so, in future, I'll at least have a look inside. Congratulations on recovering one after a battery leak!
@marcosmotamoreira8328
2 жыл бұрын
Por isso os relógio não duram muito tempo. pra que, não tem necessidade de usar pilha alcalina em um relógio de parede. as comuns tem uma ótima duração e evita vazamentos...
Nice Thank You. It was very help full.
@kingsleymilan1669
2 жыл бұрын
I guess it is kinda off topic but do anyone know a good website to watch newly released series online ?
@desmondgraham1249
2 жыл бұрын
@Kingsley Milan i would suggest flixzone. You can find it by googling =)
I have lost the cog that you put in at 14:57 the transparent cog. Do you know where I can get this singular cog?
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Sadly I think these clock mechanisms are so cheap that it is not worth anyone keeping spares for them. It is basically a throw away item. Sadly the same applies for considerably more expensive units - see the Gigaset DECT phone handset I attempted to repair in October 2020.
Thank you very very much, very helpful. Rescued me!!!
@TripplikitElectronics
18 күн бұрын
Glad you found it useful.
Do you have a part number for the mechanism. The cog that connects to the magnetized one looks similar to the one that I have that's malformed.
@TripplikitElectronics
Жыл бұрын
Sorry, I don't remember seeing any part numbers on either of the clock mechanisms.
Gracias por publicar! excelente video...! el problema de mi reloj de pared, es que el filamento de bronce de la bobina esta suelto. No lo he podido reparar.
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Sorry for replaying in English. Again they are so cheap it probably easier to get a new one.
I have 2 that are late and I have already disarmed it several times without a possible solution, as I saw in a video, increasing the voltage intensity is corrected, and this is achieved by placing an extra battery in parallel that would add intensity while maintaining the same voltage.
@TripplikitElectronics
10 ай бұрын
These clock modules should draw very little current. It seems strange that yours needs two batteries to work properly.
@cphank3722
7 ай бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronicsI think the pulses are rather high current created by discharging a capacitor through the stator coil. A degraded capacitor could prevent sufficiently strong pulses from reaching the stator.
شكرا لك يا سيدي على هذا الفيديو المفيد لقد اصلحت ساعتي التي لم تكن تعمل منذ فتره 😉😉😉😉👑
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
أنا سعيد لأنك وجدتها مفيدة. شكرا لترجمة غوغل. I am glad you found it useful. Thanks to Google translate.
Great video!👍👍
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you so much!
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
Good repair
@TripplikitElectronics
Ай бұрын
Thank you.
Good job man. it helped alot.
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@michaeljoseph1679
3 жыл бұрын
You are putting to must oil. you are not using a tweezer .
I have a small doubt . The Third gear from the drive gear which is on the top . why there are circular cut paths??
@TripplikitElectronics
18 күн бұрын
Didn't notice that - well spotted. Do you think I re-assembled it incorrectly?
Thank you ❤
@TripplikitElectronics
Ай бұрын
Glad you found it useful.
Thanks I trids lot finally I got it☺️☺️☺️👍👍
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Great - glad you found the video useful.
Thank you Sir
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Most welcome
muchas gracias mi reloj era igual q el segundo que explicasteis, millón gracias
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Me alegro de que haya sido útil.
Quartz Chime. When I hear the little "click" at the top of the hour just prior to the chime going off, the chime does not sound. In your expert opinion, what is the problem?
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Sorry, I have not taken one apart that has a chime. I'm not an expert in clocks - I just really took them apart out of curiosity. If it goes "click" it sounds like the chime mechanism is trying to work. Maybe the bell or whatever that makes the chime has become detached and the striker is no longer hitting it. Just a guess.
@oneitalia2312
2 жыл бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronics thank you for taking the time to respond ~♡~
I have a quartz clock mechanism I'm trying to repair any tips on how to repair it?
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jay, The fault on the one I took apart was that the battery holder was making poor contact onto the PCB. I just had to clean the contacts - easy fix. Generally, if there is anything seriously wrong with them, it won't be worth fixing because replacements are so cheap. I only really took them apart out of interest and to make a video.
Good video i to use my fingers and the tweezers sitting on the bench
@TripplikitElectronics
Жыл бұрын
Good tip. Glad you liked the video.
I had a watch do that recently. Losing time, then stopping. New battery put in a month ago.
@TripplikitElectronics
9 ай бұрын
I seems a bad battery or bad connections are generally the cause of running slow in quartz time pieces.
Love you👏🏼
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Glad to have helped.
I have a Braun BC02BL clock. It doesn't work well. The minute hand doesn't move and remains ever in the same position. The seconds hand works well. What about my problem? Does someone know?
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like the minute hand is stuck somehow or not pushed on to the shaft possible. If the seconds and hours are working it would imply the mechanism is OK. I had one that always showed something to or something past 6 - yes the hour hand had come loose and dropped down to the bottom under gravity!
@luciusmalfoy3106
3 жыл бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronics thanks for your answer. Only the seconds hand works well. The minutes one works for a while (5-15 minutes) and then it stops in the same position. I'd like to open the clock, but I'm afraid to broke it. I'll ask a watchmaker, hoping it is not an expensive problem :(
Clumsy piece of work.
Hi How can I Make 24 Hours And 45 Minutes Clocks Measurement Let's Say For Other Planets well Actually My Circadian Rhythm Is 24 Hours and about 48 Minutes on Average I have Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder Dspd Non-24 Hours some People Call Me Martians I Know It Is Frustrating To Wake Up 45 Minutes Later Every Day But I accepted This As a 32-year-Old i am interested To Make Clock That Tracks My Body clock Do You Know Any Html Or JavaScript Or Any Other Codes To make or Is there any Html Codes Of Martian Time That I Can change It From 39 Minutes To 45-48 Minutes Longer? If Not How Can I Slow Down A Quartz Clock To Run little Slower 3% Percent Slower Thank You So Much Sir I hope You Have Some Solutions For Me
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
I built an alarm clock using an Arduino and I could easily set one "second" to be 1030mS. The electronics on a quartz clock puts out a pulse every 1s. Perhaps you could find something to put a pulse out accurately at a slightly longer duration. The clock electronics is timed by a quartz crystal. It might be possible to connect capacitors to the crystal to make it run a bit slow. Thanks - interesting problem.
@alicomando1195
2 жыл бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronics Thank You So Much 👍 Do You mean Ceramic Disk Capacitors Or electrolytic capacitor?
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
ceramics of a few pico farad - and doing this may well just kill the Xtal oscillator.
@alicomando1195
2 жыл бұрын
@@TripplikitElectronics i tried 33 and 47 pf ciramic capacitor It stopped working Then i tryed 5 and 7 pico farad i keeps working without slowing down Should i connect it in Series?
Wh9oa there pardner! Way, way too much oil!!! A tiny bit on each shaft is it. None on the gears. Just clean the gears with a clean lint free rag.
@TripplikitElectronics
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that Mark. As you probably guessed I'm not an expert with clock mechanisms. I'm more used to pouring oil liberally on my bicycle to stop it rusting up. I'll remember in future - a tiny bit on the shaft.
silly sod. all you do is buy a cheap clock from Poundland and swap the bits in your clock. don't need to get someone to do it. the heads just push on
@TripplikitElectronics
3 жыл бұрын
Part of the point I make in the video is that I've found cheap clock mechanisms (and I'm sure that includes Poundland ones) to be really unreliable. That's why I bought a relatively expensive one - which is still keeping perfect time.
@nodriveasusephotos8019
3 жыл бұрын
@@James_Bowie hehe yes hands although too long for hands, arms would be better. Perhaps the heads of a snake
@James_Bowie
3 жыл бұрын
"the heads just push on" ... Really? There we all were thinking that the _hands_ just push on. Silly sod.
Non stop rambling just get to the part where you explain the mechanism
@TripplikitElectronics
8 күн бұрын
Not often I get accused of rambling - I'm better known as a man of few words. I never script the videos and I'm usually trying to talk and do something at the same time so I suppose it's not surprising I end up rambling sometimes.