Clocks that will work when its cold

[junkyardjeff]

Put one of those department store battery powered clocks in the garage and will not keep time below freezing,would like a electric clock but have not seen one available for years so is there a clock that can work below freezing.

 

[Millwrong]

What type of clock are you talking about, analog quartz, digital....? I'd be more apt to blame the battery than the clock. What type of battery are you using?

 

[firebirdparts]

I converted mine to 110. They have $8 movements in them.

 

[James-W]

Do you want just a clock or can the clock be part of something else, like a clock radio? I have also been to stores that sell rather large digital clocks that plug into the wall and some even hang on the wall.

 

[58Yeoman]

All my battery clocks run through the cold weather until the batteries run down. We have a 24" atomic analog clock on the back outside wall of our tool shed, so we can see it when we're down below in the 'valley' while we're working.

 

[Outlander]

I converted mine to 110. They have $8 movements in them.

Sounds interesting, how did you do that?

 

[Lassen Forge]

I get the cheapest clock I can get at someplace like Home Depot, and use a lithium battery in it... so far they work to 14 or so and don't lose time.

It's probably not the clock, it's the battery. Those clock movements are pretty tough stuff...

 

[unslow1]

I have several battery powered clocks in the garage, trailers and shop. They all work fine in the below zero temps here. I would agree with the others that the battery is the problem. I have lithium batteries in the outside keypads because I trust them more in cold weather. The clocks I just use whatever.

 

[junkyardjeff]

The clock was hung on a wall so maybe it might work better on a rafter where it might stay a little warmer.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

Get a 110VAC vintage school/industrial clock from fleabay...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-19...949401?hash=item3b056ab3d9:g:dyQAAOSw73Naqx8k

Tommy

 

[D45]

Plug in wall clock, easy solution

 

[James-W]

If nothing else, you could wear a wristwatch.

 

[bob15]

Get a 110VAC vintage school/industrial clock from fleabay...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-19...949401?hash=item3b056ab3d9:g:dyQAAOSw73Naqx8k

Tommy

I have one, though it is an old Simplex-brand school clock; never had any issues with it, hot or cold.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Anybody a got a lead on or using an 110V digital clock with a thermometer display on it ?

 

[firebirdparts]

Sounds interesting, how did you do that?

I bought a cheapo movement to replace the cheapo movement that was in it. I don't remember where I got it, but here's an example and probably this is actually what I bought:
https://www.clockparts.com/takane-b...MIi_3Y_bv22QIVjo3ICh0x8wKSEAkYAiABEgJkc_D_BwE

The cheap battery clock movements are basically all alike in shape. The hands are not. The hands you have may not fit a movement you buy, but you get new hands from clock parts.com

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I have one, though it is an old Simplex-brand school clock; never had any issues with it, hot or cold.

I have a Standard Electric Time Company clock. I got if from one of the schools when they updated.

I love the look with the domed lense and the aluminum frame.

Tommy

 

[bczygan]

Get a Fitbit!

Bill

 

[pattenp]

I bought a cheapo movement to replace the cheapo movement that was in it. I don't remember where I got it, but here's an example and probably this is actually what I bought:
https://www.clockparts.com/takane-b...MIi_3Y_bv22QIVjo3ICh0x8wKSEAkYAiABEgJkc_D_BwE

The cheap battery clock movements are basically all alike in shape. The hands are not. The hands you have may not fit a movement you buy, but you get new hands from clock parts.com

I got that same electric plug-in movement because my battery clock in cold temps (32F and below) would start losing time as soon as the battery got to about 90% or less. I tried lithium batteries and same result once the battery hits less than 90%. The plug-in movement has done fine.

 

[EOC_Jason]

Yeah I would think probably temp kills the battery, but also possibly the grease inside some of the cheap ones could harden or thicken and cause it to loose time.

 

[larry_g]

When it's that fricken cold in the shop what are you doing out there lookin at the clock for?

lg
no neat sig line

 

[bwringer]

If it's an attached garage, hang it on the wall shared with the house -- that wall stays a good bit warmer. Also, hanging it up high helps.