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   Don to Jeff Liebermann   
   Re: 1.5 VDC Pseudocell   
   09 Nov 20 01:28:03   
   
   XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: g@crcomp.net   
      
   In sci.electronics.design Jeff Liebermann  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 08 Nov 2020 22:04:54 GMT, Steve Wilson  wrote:   
   >   
   >>The clock will drift. Eventually it will be so far off the correct time   
   >>to be useless.   
   >>   
   >>Don lives in Casper, WY. He should have no problems picking up WWVB:   
   >>   
   >>https://tf.nist.gov/stations/wwvbcoverage.htm   
   >>   
   >>There are a large number of inexpensive WWVB wall clocks that are large   
   >>enough to read from a distance. These will keep time to better than a   
   >>second.   
   >   
   > If Don wanted a clock that ran forever, he should have so stated.   
   > Although the project notes at:   
   >    
   > lack any statement as to what he's trying to accomplish, I would   
   > deduce that not replacing the AA battery at unspecified intervals is   
   > the main problem.   
      
   You are absolutely correct. The webpage needs to make the main problem   
   and its solution more explicit.   
      
   Danke,   
      
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