I have not been very active in the last couple weeks due to personal circumstances. (Just look up the last thread i started here)
But today i did some DIY stuff that i thought might be worth sharing.
Anyway,
I needed a new alarm clock so i bought a vintage Copal 703 flip clock with alarm feature. Very nice looking 70s clock.
Unfortunately these have an inbuilt light that is permanently on.
You can't turn it off and i can't sleep like that with the whole room lit up. I didn't knew that pre purchase obviously.
So i decided to try modifying it with a switch for being able to turn on/off the light as i like.
Today i successfully did that.
It was actually pretty easy. The hardest part was the 3 wires soldered to the middle pin of the "black box".
I had to unsolder all 3 and then later resolder 3 wires on there. Not to easy because you also cant access that area very well.
But i managed to get that done aswell.
Now i have a very nice looking, actually usable alarm clock.
I attached some pictures below.
For those interested in getting a flip clock:
The battery powered units usually have no inbuilt light (braun phase 2 for example) or have a switch (Copal T11 for example).
But most of the battery powered variants do noticeably tick. (Which my socket powered copal 703 does not)
From the research that i've done i SUSPECT the battery powered models with Quartz Movement (Especially from Copal, Seiko/Lorus, Citizen Brands)
will be just as quiet as my socket powered Copal 703. But i'm not 100% sure since i have not owned one yet.
There are different types of quartz movements, some tick and some don't. So it depends on the exact type of quartz movement used.
But today i did some DIY stuff that i thought might be worth sharing.
Anyway,
I needed a new alarm clock so i bought a vintage Copal 703 flip clock with alarm feature. Very nice looking 70s clock.
Unfortunately these have an inbuilt light that is permanently on.
You can't turn it off and i can't sleep like that with the whole room lit up. I didn't knew that pre purchase obviously.
So i decided to try modifying it with a switch for being able to turn on/off the light as i like.
Today i successfully did that.
It was actually pretty easy. The hardest part was the 3 wires soldered to the middle pin of the "black box".
I had to unsolder all 3 and then later resolder 3 wires on there. Not to easy because you also cant access that area very well.
But i managed to get that done aswell.
Now i have a very nice looking, actually usable alarm clock.
I attached some pictures below.
For those interested in getting a flip clock:
The battery powered units usually have no inbuilt light (braun phase 2 for example) or have a switch (Copal T11 for example).
But most of the battery powered variants do noticeably tick. (Which my socket powered copal 703 does not)
From the research that i've done i SUSPECT the battery powered models with Quartz Movement (Especially from Copal, Seiko/Lorus, Citizen Brands)
will be just as quiet as my socket powered Copal 703. But i'm not 100% sure since i have not owned one yet.
There are different types of quartz movements, some tick and some don't. So it depends on the exact type of quartz movement used.