I have a digital clock problem, again. My clock come on and off periodically and I do exactly how Craig Brace show on his page. After that, my clock work good some period (3-4 weeks) but problems back. Any new idea or solution?

 

Sounds like you need to find a good used clock at your local junkyard or find one in the classifieds section here..

http://forums.maxima.org/forumdisplay.php?f=44

 

or you can can do this http:// its in my brothers S550, i'd love to do something like that

 

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I alyways thought that clock looked too boring anyway At one point I Was thinking of putting a mini 1.5" Lcd that shows a rear view cam with a digitial clock written on the video screen.

Or, a digital compass/clock . I've seen compasses that would fit perfectly there, but they look like crap.


but realisticly, try and find the newest used clock possible (from a 94 i guess) then do the recommended fixes if you have problems again.

 

ive been wondering if there was a way to modify the harness for a differnt clock. I was thinking of playing around on the other maxima. Could i theoretically just use the power and groudn from our harnesses and solder them to another clocks + and - terminals? would that work just as long as it has a 12v power supply?

 

yup.. it ain't rocket science. the five wires on the back of the clock are: ground, constant +12V, switched +12v, lights, dimmer.

 

Whats the constant for? to keep the time remembered? I would only want to hook up the ground and switched 12v then right?

 

If you only hooked up the switched 12+/ground,then you would have to reset the clock every time you drive the car..

Constant 12+/Switched(ignition on)12+/ground would be minimal..

 

youre right, what was i thinking, i basically proved myself wrong in my own post.

is it safe to hook up the constant 12v + switched 12v to the same terminal on the clock if u soldered it al ?

 

Ugh...If you done that your clock would always be on,killing your battery in the process..

Hook up all the wires mentioned to their respective places.

 

Worse yet, if you hook constant hot to switched hot, you won't be able to turn the car off because the constant hot will backfeed the switched circuits. You're engine will run until it runs out of gas.

 

more like you'll fubar something else in the electrical circuit or simply back things up to a diode in the line somewhere.

but think about what you're asking for a while.....
before you post another question, write it down and sit on it for 10 min before hitting the post button.

 

alright then one last thing, i can only use another car radio so then id have to find out which wires from my harness correspond to that radios plugs? Then im good.

 

no, bose uses the same harness as a regular nissan H/U

 

lol damn when i said bose and radio i meant CLOCK, i was tlakin to sumone online about a radio. yea got that all wrong i meant do i ahve to find out which plugs on the other car radio that the constant and swtitched 12c and ground go to? There we go.

 

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Ya your best bet is to try and get a used clock off of ebay or out of a junkyard.

 

no, best way is to fix the broken one

 

on fixing the old one.

If you soldered it up, and it worked for a while, then stopped working again, one of your solder joints let go. Take it out, heat it up again, and get into that joint with something like an ice pick to scrape the wire, and contact foil on the board a little bit, then melt a bit of new solder in there. Better yet, buy some desoldering braid from Radio Shack, remove the old solder all together, clean the wire and contact with a little fine sandpaper (perhaps 100 or 150) and then put some new solder on there.

 

the problem is: clock work one day, another two not work, then work again, not work, work, not work... it make me nervous.
If I fix it again, problems will probably back after some time.
So I'll go to the junkyard and find something acceptable

 

Just dont try to make the clock white, it will stay green.

 

man, I love this clock.

 

try to take the clock out and clean all the connections with an electrical cleaner

 

That will not do jack. It's very typical with our clocks there are weak solder joints. I've re soldered a couple to know. You however don't know first hand and have been cluttering up the .org tonight with useless crap. Stop typing.... Welcome to the .org

 

how about a wrist watch ....problem solved.NEXT

 

well i was just trying to be helpful because thats what i did with mine and now it works fine so sorry for pissing you off

 

Just to put the brakes on this clok thread. Give me your address and I'll send you a working clock free of charge.