Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost

Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2014/12/4 23:49:12

I'm working on cleaning up the instruments, other than lots-o-dirt I'm wrestling with the clock. I blew the dirt out and moved the winding mechanism, but it wouldn't stay running. Then I sprayed the works with LPS-1, blew the excess out and we're ticking away!

So I hooked it up to a power supply to see if it would wind itself, but once the points close nothing happens - some arcing but no movement. So I filed the points to clean them up, tried varying the voltage from as low as 5v up to 7v, but always the same result.

Anyone have some pointers to keep me ticking?