> >Our new car has the same problem.  The dash clock is
> >hopelessly inaccurate -- and we had it replaced once
> >already!  Could it be that there's
> >a sloppy clock chip out there?

<Alan B. Pearce comments>"
> Possibly, but somewhere I have a travel clock that is one of a batch the
> company I worked for had done as corporate giveaways. However I
> suspect that  it is fitted with a 32kHz crystal instead of a 32.768kHz
> crystal, as it  looses time at such a great rate it is noticeable in a
very
> short time interval (like an hour or so). The whole batch were
> withdrawn very quickly apparently.

This clock loses time too.  I haven't measured it but I imagine it's
something like 10 minutes a week -- just enough to be annoying.  Could be
that both the original clock and the replacement were made at the same time
and with a wrong crystal.   I probably should measure the time loss and
check the crystal.  But the clock is part of the radio and getting it out of
this car is major surgery.

Win Wiencke

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