Closed inspection found a tiny burnt spot on the foil of the clock's lead,
right at the connection area.  Checked continuity and the tester did not
make a sound.  So, I scracthed the foil a little to be able to drop a spot
of solder on it and made a bridge with three strands of wire to the other
good side.
It worked of course.
Thanks to the fast responses to the interested men.
Good thing, I was looking at it through magnifying glass.
This was an easy fix, though I was clueless if it was some kind of resistor
fault on the foil.

Zoltan

----- Original Message -----
From: "neil n" <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 1:59 PM
Subject: Re: 1.5 Volt only at clock

I hate to ask, but your VOM is set to the correct range?

Hard to imagine seeing 15 VDC however.

My analogue clock is supplied by B+  (no voltage regulator involved)
so voltage at clock should be the same or close to voltage at battery.

Check what voltage you see at the + connection of the 14 pt connector
to cluster. If you see battery voltage there, then maybe it's a ground
issue?

Neil.

On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 1:34 PM, HotelWestfalia <zolo@foxinternet.net>
wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> Yes, 1.5 Volts only. It supposed to be much higher, like about 10 at
> least, if not 12.
> What to do? Anyone?
>
> Zoltan
>

--
Neil n

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