Well WWVB yes for DST, GPS doesn't buy you that.... but I know exactly what you mean. I really like my WWVB clocks.
On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 11:40:14 AM UTC-6, NeonJohn wrote: > > > > On 02/03/2016 12:03 PM, 'Terry S' via neonixie-l wrote: > > Got it -- I should have read the description more carefully, I assumed > it > > wasn't working due to lack of the broadcast time signal. So in reality, > you > > are good to go. I still think WWVB is unnecessary on a 4 digit clock. > > I have a bunch of flip panels from buses so a clock is in my future. > They are LOUD inside a quiet house. What I'm thinking is 6 digit but > with a motion sensor that only activates the seconds when someone is > near. Otherwise the seconds are blanked out and the HH:MM is shifted to > the center of the display. > > In the bus display, each row is treated as a shift register while the > columns are treated as bits in a word, A friend to whom I gave a panel > has figured out the driving scheme. > > Even if GPS or WWVB wasn't strictly necessary, I'd have to have it just > to handle the switch to and from DST. I finally got all the clocks in > my house changed out to WWVB clocks so now DST day is just another day. > > > > I don't trust Aliexpress, too many of the sellers are shady and there is > no > > real buyer protection. If the seller accepts PayPal then maybe you have > a > > shot. Otherwise you are just broadcasting your credit card all over > China. > > We've had very good luck with both express and Alibaba. A few rules. > > Never ever use a credit card. Always paypal. I loathe paypal but I > have an account just for them and dxexpress.com. > > ALWAYS buy or negotiate samples before buying for effect. Many of those > manufacturers have no idea what they're making. They just cloned > something that looked cool. > > IF you're buying for effect from an Alibaba vendor, ALWAYS use an escrow > service. Hard lesson learned here. They always want the full amount > paid up front. The most we'll do is pay for the raw materials. The > rest goes in escrow. > > If you're having something manufactured, specify every single dimension, > detail and step. The last round of extrusions we had made, we forgot to > specify deburring the drilled holes. Just guess what we got! > > In the escrow agreement, specify that they must ship several (usually 5) > pieces from the finished production for our inspection before we release > the money. Of course, they can "cook the book" on the samples but > that's better than being blind-sided. After the extrusion debacle (the > samples WERE deburred), we've started requiring a video of them picking > samples at random. > > Yeah, they're a pain in the tutu but the cost saving is worth it. > > John > > -- > John DeArmond > Tellico Plains, Occupied TN > http://www.tnduction.com <-- THE source for induction heaters > http://www.neon-john.com <-- email from here > http://www.johndearmond.com <-- Best damned Blog on the net > https://www.etsy.com/shop/BarbraJoanOriginals <-- Affordable Fine Art > Originals > PGP key: wwwkeys.pgp.net: BCB68D77 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/857bfd6e-3f15-40ba-adfa-f14bea3c7839%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
