[Boatanchors] OT: AC Clocks Running Backwards

[Al Parker]

Hi Bill,
	I think your vision is OK.  IIRC, maybe the term "shaded pole" refers 
to the simple AC motor as used in clocks, they have a shaded pole made 
from a turn of copper conductor around the (laminations maybe?) that 
make it start rotating in a specific direction.
	I do remember playing with one eons ago as a kid, and was able to 
manually make it go backwards.
	Some clocks had a lever that you'd push to start it going correctly.
	Don't think lightning has anything to do with it.
73,

Al, W8UT
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On 5/7/2017 1:30 PM, Bill Mellema via Boatanchors wrote:
> Guys,
> I know this is way off topic but I want to get opinions/inputs from the gang. On a trip this past week I mentioned that I saw a AC Clock running backwards at a 7-11 I stopped into back in the early 70's. The guys with me didn't call me a liar but suggest that I had been drinking too much susia hi hi  I remember asking the cleark what's with the clock and she told me it started running backwards after a lightning storm. The internet suggest that a broken stepper could cause the same problem. The story of it starting to go backwards after a lightning storm could be a myth that was passed onto the clerk I'm thinking.
> Please has anyone seen this before??
> Thanks in advance...
> Bill N3WM
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