Good Questions: Plug to Battery Clock Solution?

Hello AT,

I love this clock.

Does anybody have any advice on how to turn a clock with an electrical cord into one that is battery operated?

Thanks, BF

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Dear BF,

We DON'T have an exact answer, but we suspect it requires gutting the back of the clock and installing a simple new battery driven motor to the hands. None of this seems too hard, except for attaching the clock hands to the new motor spindle. That could be a little bit of work.

Anyone else??

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Take this to a professional -- will run you about $50. There is a great clock/watch repair service on Greenwish (near Benny's Burritos) -- dont; remember the name, but their service is terrific. There are watch/clock repair services all over town that can do this.

BUT -- be sure to indicate that you want them to use the origiinal clock hands, otherwise you will end up with new and inappropriate hands.

Attaching the hands is fairly tricky -- hence recommendation for professional help.

you could theoretically rewire the clock to take batteries and keep the mechanics inside - but the issue is AC vs. DC - the wallwarts that we are most familiar with switch AC current that runs through your house to DC like come from batteries

its not too very hard to switch a battery operated item to plug by using one of those
B
ut the other way is harder becuase the circutry if larger and more complicated (ever see one of the showbox size contraptions that let you run a standard plug from a car cig lighter)

for that reason, as mentioned you're probably better off replacing the works with a new battery powered mechanism