Hi all,
I am having the same problem. My clock is losing about 6 hours a day. Typically, for some reason, the time loss seems to happen more overnight and not during the day.
I replaced the C3 - Supercap, X2 - Date / Time 32.768 kHz, and U2 - Real Time Clock using parts I obtained from Digikey. I actually had a friend do the soldering since my skills are not the greatest but I am fairly confident he did it correctly (checked polarity and ensured all went on the same way they came off). When I replaced the board, the clock seems to be frozen and won't move forward (the colon between the hour and minute does flash each second but the clock never moves forward). Everything else seems to work. I can program the clock time and it will set to whatever I program it, and everything comes on as it should if I set the time to one where the filter, heater, and lights should be on. I know at least one person said they needed to wait 24 hours before the clock started working again. It has only been about 12 hours so far so maybe I just need to wait some more.
I also noticed that the bypass capacitor (C14) seems corroded. Does anyone know what the part number would be for this component? I may replace that capacitor as well if my clock doesn't start working. Any other advice would be appreciated.
I am having the same problem. My clock is losing about 6 hours a day. Typically, for some reason, the time loss seems to happen more overnight and not during the day.
I replaced the C3 - Supercap, X2 - Date / Time 32.768 kHz, and U2 - Real Time Clock using parts I obtained from Digikey. I actually had a friend do the soldering since my skills are not the greatest but I am fairly confident he did it correctly (checked polarity and ensured all went on the same way they came off). When I replaced the board, the clock seems to be frozen and won't move forward (the colon between the hour and minute does flash each second but the clock never moves forward). Everything else seems to work. I can program the clock time and it will set to whatever I program it, and everything comes on as it should if I set the time to one where the filter, heater, and lights should be on. I know at least one person said they needed to wait 24 hours before the clock started working again. It has only been about 12 hours so far so maybe I just need to wait some more.
I also noticed that the bypass capacitor (C14) seems corroded. Does anyone know what the part number would be for this component? I may replace that capacitor as well if my clock doesn't start working. Any other advice would be appreciated.