Is there some logical explanation why my modern, digital microwave and stove timers in the house are accurate to within seconds per year and yet my new digital pool timers lose minutes per week? I would think that the 60-cycle A/C line power would provide the time reference like my microwave and stove use to stay accurate but are these latest timers depending on their own internal clocks that aren't that accurate? I have four irrigation timers around the property and they aren't that accurate either but my pool pump timer is the worst by far.
We rarely have a power outage or brown-outs and I know when those occur anyway. What else explains the need to reset these clocks all the time? Anyone else notice this or should I just be more laid back about it? All my battery powered clocks in the garage and shop are the "atomic" self-setting and adjusting types. I'm spoiled by those!
We rarely have a power outage or brown-outs and I know when those occur anyway. What else explains the need to reset these clocks all the time? Anyone else notice this or should I just be more laid back about it? All my battery powered clocks in the garage and shop are the "atomic" self-setting and adjusting types. I'm spoiled by those!