why do clocks have to be reset every time there is a power outage?

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Originally posted by: sdifox


There are crank style LED flashlight you know...I find the slide style fragile.

http://www.amazon.com/Bealls-D...ashlight/dp/B000AOAOQG

I hope you were talking about crank starting a car...

Yes but a crank can break making the light useless. At least anyone can shake even if it's partially broken.

A good shake light is very durable but if you really want durability you'd seek out a real light like a surefire.

If you develop a break in the coil, that shake one is toast. And due to the manner it is constructed/used, it will break a lot faster.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: sdifox

If you develop a break in the coil, that shake one is toast. And due to the manner it is constructed/used, it will break a lot faster.

Yes the cheaply made Chinese units (some of them are actually fake and use a pair of CR2032's in series!) will do this. Well made shakes have potted coils and bucking magnets at the end of travel so the large magnet cannot hard collide with anything no matter how hard the light is spanked err shaken. But they typically cost $50 or more which IMO can buy you a better light.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: Rubycon

Yes the cheaply made Chinese units (some of them are actually fake and use a pair of CR2032's in series!) will do this. Well made shakes have potted coils and bucking magnets at the end of travel so the large magnet cannot hard collide with anything no matter how hard the light is spanked err shaken. But they typically cost $50 or more which IMO can buy you a better light.

The batteries are there to provide nominal lighting. There is a cap that you charge and it is brighter when you charge it. But if you run down the charge, it stays lit albeit dimly. Not a bad design per se.

Of course the charging mechanism design is crap

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

I was hoping for epic lulz and 2009 ownage of the year nominee

I was let down

 

[BoomerD]

It's part of a big conspiracy to test your skill at re-setting the clock on your VCR...

Unfortunately, not all clocks come with a battery back-up. It has to be an inexpensive addition...more digital clocks SHOULD have it.

Putting one into an electro-mechanical clock might be a bit more problematic however.

Along the OP's same whiny rant...why don't key-wind clocks have some kind of battery back-up? It's a PITA to have to re-set it when I forget to wind it every weekend.

 

[Oyeve]

By a $10 clock and a $200 UPS, problem solved.

 

[ObiDon]

i think your bios battery might be dead