Re: [Chrysler300] Clocks

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> Although I agree with John about leaving the original mechanism in my older 300s, I did replace a clock in my 72 Imperial with a quartz mechanism.  Whereas my battery didn't go dead with the original unit, after a couple of months of sitting, the quartz unit did drain the battery. 
Steve Albu
 
> From: John Hertog <crossram@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2004/09/13 Mon PM 09:52:16 EDT
> To: pennsy300@xxxxxxx,  chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Chrysler300] Clocks
> 
> Hi Terry,
> 
> I beg to differ.  I always leave the battery connected in my 300G rag over
> the winter; probably because I am too lazy to disconnect it. After 3,4, or 5
> months of sitting, the battery is still good, the clock is still going
> "Tchunk - tic - tic - tic " , and, since the "G" has an electric fuel pump,
> it starts right up even after a long period of time . I also believe (maybe
> wrongly) that keeping the clock running may help to preserve its mechanical
> integrity. It can't draw much power, the clock...
> 
> Of course, one could easily hook up a trickle charger to the car, even with
> battery disconnected, and that would be enough to keep the clock operating
> thru the long (ugh) winter months.
> 
> Buy you a beer in Maine...
> 
> John Hertog
> Sag Harbor NY
> 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <pennsy300@xxxxxxx>
> To: <chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 8:05 PM
> Subject: [Chrysler300] Clocks
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> 
> Interesting reading on the clocks in our Brutes.  One comment:   for those
> of
> us who use our cars primarily for intertainment, and may have them  set for
> two or three weeks at a time without starting, the constant winding of  the
> clock can run down the battery.  I think that the quartz clock  mechanisms
> use so
> little current that that should never be a problem.   Terry McTaggart, some
> seven days before heading off to  Maine.
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