Welcome to our Community Q&A page for Digital Clocks.

I once moved into an old Victorian that I would have sworn was haunted because all my clocks immediately started gaining time daily. Then, an electrical engineering professor explained to me that there wasn't enough current running thru the house. Based upon his recommendation, I contacted the electric company who came out, updated my box and stopped the problem. But, I can't remember the details of why he said the slow current made my clocks run faster. Refresh me, please.

You know how sometimes when you sneeze or something the numbers on a digital clock look like they're moving? Like all of the lines that make them up move away from each other. Why is that?

A friend of mine believes that every alarm clock ever made falls under some sort of industry standard where the dot is always used for the same one. I refuse to believe this is true but i haven't been able to find a large enough sample of clocks to find out. So if I get some people saying their clock has a dot for AM and others saying theirs is used for PM then I would know.

As far back as I can remember - All digital clocks have a colon separator that in most cases blinks! Why?

I noticed a few people have asked if anyone keeps seeing the same number over and over, but with me I keep seeing 2:22, 3:33 and 11:11 almost every time I look at a digital clock. I'm sure it doesn't mean much, but I just wonder how many other people this happens to. I didn't think much of it at first, but I keep seeing these same times almost every day for the past 6, or 7 months now. Maybe it's a same time phenomenon :-)

I really need this because I've been pushing back a project that is now due tommarow!

I am going to buy a lot (ca. 30) of large digital clocks. It is important that they are big in size (Something like 900cm^2 or bigger), and that they show hours, minutes AND seconds. Oh, and I live in denmark, so it must be possible to ship them to here. Now, I've browsed the internet for a bit, but I can't find anything. Can you guys help me?

I am not interested in temperatures, months, years, etc.

I'm looking for wall clocks with a WWV radio reciever that have precise movement of their hands. In other words, at 12:11:30, the minute hand should be half-way between minutes 11 and 12. Most of the ultra-cheap atomic wall clocks have haphazard movement of the hands. What brands will give high-quality movement for the hour, minute, and second hands? Thanks in advance.

I asked this before, received a couple responses, but both told me where I could find one that gives temperature, day, date, etc. This is exactly that which I do not want. I want an atomic digital wall clock that only tells the time like other wall clocks.

I've Looked For The Web Site Of 'Silicon Scientific' Atomic,RF Wireless With Thermometer & Come Up With A Lot Of Sellers Of The Clocks Of Other Makers, But No Specific Web Site. The Only Seller Of This Model Seems To Be A Reseller/Re-Builder Of Everything You Thought You Needed At http://www.heartlandamerica.com/ Consumer Electronics> Other Electronics Apparently 'Radio Shack' http://www.radioshack.com Is Selling Them As Well. Same Product, Just Under Their Brand Name. I Wonder Who Made This Clock In The 1st Place & If I Will Ever Find Out Who That Manufacturer Is ???? PS I Live In Puerto Rico Which According To The Very Limited Description Manual That Came With The Clock, I Am Just Out Of Range Of The 'Radio Frequency Emanating From The 'WWVB' Radio Station Located In Boulder, Colorado [ I Haven't A Clue As To What Those Initials Stand For] USA Which Updates Every Day At 1:00AM "When There Is Less Interference.

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I have a small atomic alarm clock that I have had for over two years. It is a Sharp. I lost the instructions. This alarm goes off every morning at six. You don't even have to set it. How long do these batteries usually last?

Is it better to buy an atomic alarm clock or the emerson smart set alarm clock???? It seems that for the Atomic Clock the weather needs to be good and also be in good range of Colorado in order to work properly. Anyone on the east coast have any pro's/con's on the atomic??

It had the right time zone before I changed batteries, now I can't remember how to reset it.