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Title: Clock above the Bed.
Post by: turbojack on July 26, 2022, 03:36:35 pm
The wife stepped in the coach the other day and said the clock over the bed was making noise.  I went and checked it and looks like it was rebooting every 30 seconds or so and would make a noise when it did that.  I got in the back and disconnected it and then reconnected it.  After reconnecting now all it does in ding and the :  flashes with every ding.  I was hoping if I left it unplugged for a while it would start working again.  No luck.

Foretravel said it has been years since they have installed one and have no stock.  I searched the internet and could not find a 12v unit. 

Has anyone had any luck finding one?

The real Pi$$er is my old 1997 FT coach's clock was still working when I sold the coach 2 years ago, so it lasted at least 23 years and this one has only lasted 9 years

The label on the back has IEC AC1-A
X005272230
Pacific Insight Electronics
Made in Canada
Title: Re: Clock above the Bed.
Post by: bigdog on July 26, 2022, 03:50:54 pm
Pacific Insight Elec. shows as a still valid business. Perhaps a call to the great white north is in order. They do have a US center in Michigan.

Or maybe that big RV junkyard I have seen posts about.

The clock in our 98 320 is a trooper for sure and is surprisingly accurate like it's wired to the NIST WWV time standard. I hope it keeps on ticking (knock wood)
Title: Re: Clock above the Bed.
Post by: WS6_Keith on July 27, 2022, 12:49:54 am
Here's the manual for mine.  Maybe it gives you something to go on.
Title: Re: Clock above the Bed.
Post by: Bob_B on July 27, 2022, 10:10:27 pm
Somewhere in the posts it was suggested that the clock circuit board suffers from cracked solder. Reflowing the lead at each solder point with a solder gun could fix it.
Title: Re: Clock above the Bed.
Post by: turbojack on July 28, 2022, 09:07:49 am
Somewhere in the posts it was suggested that the clock circuit board suffers from cracked solder. Reflowing the lead at each solder point with a solder gun could fix it.


I looked at the board and nothing jumped out at me.  I will look again at the solder joints.