Day Light Savings Time
Nov 8, 2022 12:01:12 #
delder
Loc: Maryland
YES!
For most MECHANICAL Clocks, Time moves FORWARD!
DON'T assume than you can turn a gear clock back just because it lets you!
For most MECHANICAL Clocks, Time moves FORWARD!
DON'T assume than you can turn a gear clock back just because it lets you!
Nov 8, 2022 12:47:01 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It increases profits for companies, though.
It increases profits for companies, though.
CBS also said that with every time change, viewership dropped.
Bob
Nov 8, 2022 13:39:45 #
Scruples wrote:
The last time I tried to milk a cow during daylight savings time, I got kicked in the head by the bull.
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You were obviously milking the wrong cow.
Nov 8, 2022 13:41:20 #
Nov 8, 2022 14:07:22 #
SuperflyTNT wrote:
So you’re in the “set the clocks back an hour, set the country back 50 years” camp.
No. I’m not in that camp. But let’s all be careful before the admin swats us like a bunch of gnats!
Nov 8, 2022 14:10:16 #
delder wrote:
YES!
For most MECHANICAL Clocks, Time moves FORWARD!
DON'T assume than you can turn a gear clock back just because it lets you!
For most MECHANICAL Clocks, Time moves FORWARD!
DON'T assume than you can turn a gear clock back just because it lets you!
Correct. Mechanical clocks like grandfather clocks need to be moved forward 11 hours.
Nov 8, 2022 14:15:14 #
stanikon wrote:
Correct. Mechanical clocks like grandfather clocks need to be moved forward 11 hours.
Not all clocks are the same. My grandfather clock has the minute hand pinned to the minute axle, but the hour hand is a friction fit onto the hour axle, so it can be moved easily either way for changes of hour.
Nov 8, 2022 15:02:40 #
delder
Loc: Maryland
When we had a lot of schools with Electromechanical Master Clocks,
We would send 2 techs around an hour apart for Fall Back.
The first tech turned OFF the Clock and the Second tech would turn it on an hour later.
This also corrected the secondary clocks.
Sorry, a long way from photography!
We would send 2 techs around an hour apart for Fall Back.
The first tech turned OFF the Clock and the Second tech would turn it on an hour later.
This also corrected the secondary clocks.
Sorry, a long way from photography!
Nov 8, 2022 15:47:39 #
delder wrote:
When we had a lot of schools with Electromechanical Master Clocks,
We would send 2 techs around an hour apart for Fall Back.
The first tech turned OFF the Clock and the Second tech would turn it on an hour later.
This also corrected the secondary clocks.
Sorry, a long way from photography!
We would send 2 techs around an hour apart for Fall Back.
The first tech turned OFF the Clock and the Second tech would turn it on an hour later.
This also corrected the secondary clocks.
Sorry, a long way from photography!
Back in the days of analog electric clocks my dad would flip the main breaker to the house for exactly one hour. Voila! They were all moved back an hour. This didn't work in the spring, of course.
Nov 8, 2022 16:07:36 #
FotoHog wrote:
I am of the opinion that switching the clock back and forth is an evil conspiracy to annoy sensible folks. Death to Daylight Savings Time! 
I’m with you. One way or the other, but this switching is ridiculous.
Nov 9, 2022 00:44:44 #
stanikon wrote:
Back in the days of analog electric clocks my dad would flip the main breaker to the house for exactly one hour. Voila! They were all moved back an hour. This didn't work in the spring, of course.
In the spring, the power would have to be off for 13 hours, not very convenient.
Nov 9, 2022 06:49:09 #
jerryc41 wrote:
It increases profits for companies, though.
It increases profits for companies, though.
You left out stupid responses still good to see the constant whine of success and profits.
Nov 9, 2022 18:09:09 #
hpucker99 wrote:
In the spring, the power would have to be off for 13 hours, not very convenient.
Actually it would be for 11 hours, but still very inconvenient
Nov 9, 2022 19:37:48 #
Nov 16, 2022 00:52:11 #
Dikdik wrote:
I think there are studies that indicate it is a health hazard, too.
...let's see 'em. Most of you complainers don't work outside. DST is a blessing for us.
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