Nate Nagel wrote:
Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:47:56 -0600, dpb wrote:
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I understand they set the time based on the destination for
the clock.
So you're telling me WalMart is buying, keeping inventory straight, and
shipping individual lots of clocks to various time zones?
While possible, seems highly antithetical to cost-cutting ...
I don't know how they handle their distribution. I would think
that the problem you are pointing out would explain why they often
seem to be a time zone or so off.
We have an "atomic clock" at work. It is often off by an hour and
right now it is set for a different time zone so it appears correct.
When we go to DST, who knows what will happen. It has been stable for
a couple of months now, but at times it would make an adjustment and
come back an hour off.
My "Sharp" brand "atomic" alarm clock from Target has been flawless
since new. Only issues I have with it are short battery life (it's
powered solely by batteries, have to replace them every couple months
because the display gets hard to read at night) and not very loud alarm
beep. But I can't use an AC powered alarm clock unless the alarm works
when the power is off, and while some may work like that, it's hard to
find documentation that it will in fact function.
nate
Forgot to mention, one more quibble. The clock I have uses a battery
powered outdoor temp sensor, and apparently supports three of them. I'd
love to have extra temp sensors so I could monitor temp in the attic,
garage, whatever, but who knows where to buy them. I suspect that it
was probably a relabel of someone else's product, but whose?
nate
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