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Originally Posted by Teacher John
Is there a quartz reproduction of the clock you have in your car?
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Actually, I have a quartz conversion of a real nice looking '55 Ford electric clock. The conversion was done by Instrument Services Inc many years ago. The clock didn't last very long, a few months maybe. When I inquired about returning it for repair, they said it would cost an additional exhorbitant amount to replace the polarity inverter or 6 volt resistor. I did not send it back.
When I was investigating other outfits prior to sending out bids this past November, I noticed very few would do 6-volt quartz conversions, claiming that the inverter/resistor units they were being supplied (probably from China) have proven to be un-reliable.
You could probably strip out the inverter/resistor units out of my converted clock and have a good 12-volt quartz converted clock. But my car still uses the 6-volt electrical system and I am not going to change it.