Comment on Don't fix the problem just change the parameters
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks agoMy high school was small (graduating class under 50; five small towns combined), and in the 90s, ours were synchronized, just realized I always wondered what they used.
joel_feila@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Probably the clocks all used a synchronous motor. It spins baaed on ac current. After juat set the clocks to the right time when you plig them in
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Thank you, I’ll need to look into it, it was obvious they were synced because they got adjusted for daylight savings from somewhere and they all slowly changed time over the course of an hour if I recall correctly, it always fascinated me.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Would that not mean if the power goes out after say a hurricane, the all the clocks have to be reset manually or can they somehow change them all remotely? A mechanism going threw the walls to change them from a single location sounds like a lot of work to get a synchronized clock
joel_feila@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Im sire there is. A way to send a comand to clockw to fast-forward to a certain time.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
At what point is it not just a digital clock with an analog interface if it has the ability to receive information digitally and perform tasks off of it. (I assume increase/decrease voltage to the motor)