Water powered alarm clock

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woollychook
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Water powered alarm clock

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I've been interested in buying a clock which is powered by water for a little while and have managed to track an alarm one down this morning on Amazon for just under £7 including postage. Has anyone any experience of using these - do they stay accurate?
rhubarb93
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Re: Water powered alarm clock

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I was intrigued by this, so goggled to find out how it works.

I found this - "An inflow water clock follows the same basic principle, only the measurements are inside a second container, into which the first one drips. Either way, the measurement vessel is often bowel-shaped to ensure that it fills up gradually"

Bowel-shaped - really??? {rofwl}

I think the sort you have ordered uses lemon juice in water with metal plates to form a battery, so it is essentially an electric clock. No reason why it shouldn't be accurate.

Let us know how you find it.
woollychook
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Re: Water powered alarm clock

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Quite impressed with the clock - was fiddley to set the time but seems to be keeping time so far, will try the alarm once I get the hang of setting it.
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