i have two digital electric clocks. both sit on top of a TV.

they don't keep time properly. within a day or two of setting them, they are three or four or more hours off.

i have them both plugged in on a table and they keep perfect time.

can the TV be causing them to be running either to fast or to slow?

thanks for your help.

Yes, magnetic fields can affect some digital clocks.

The TV is a CRT isn't it?

(re-writing to make more sense to non-engineers)

Yes, it can Rick.

TV's generate a magnetic field, this magnetic field can affect the operation of the timing crystal in the clock, causing it run fast or slow, thereby causing the time to drift.

It depends. Are you watching anything really fast or slow?

4. Author: pacman357

i do fast forward the DVR.

2. Author: Thunder.Gerbil

first i have to do the joke.

yes the one in the living room weighs 240#.

the one in the bedroom is 210#.

sony vega last of the big tubes.

thanks, you have solved my problem.

move the clocks.

Imagine what its doing to YOU!

Might have something to do what that Tin Foil Hat . . .

^ Yep. My first thought upon opening this, was that he could have wrapped the clocks in foil in order to keep out the harmful rays. Also, that watching too much TV, or sitting too long in front of computer monitors (without protecting yourself), could explain some of the bizarre behavior we see on this site.

My second thought was, why 2 clocks?

^9

Two alarms of course.

Jet is onto something..........perhaps the clocks can be fitted with foil hats and grounded to protect from interference.

Do they speed up when you watch NASCAR, and slow down when you're watching Keith Overbite's Countdown to No Ratings on PMSNBC? That could explain it.

Yo short-timer:

"they don’t keep time properly. within a day or two of setting them, they are three or four or more hours off."

You never complained about the clocks while G.W. was in office, so I would say it is definitely obama's fault that your clocks are screwed-up as obama has been screwing everything up since he bought the Presidency.

JonR

9. Author: big chief

my tepee has more then one room.

7. Author: DrMaddVibe

i never eat before i go in the water or watch TV.

9. Author: big chief

i have to wear a foil condom?

... I think that the electric company is screwing Rick on the voltage they're giving him at the house - or his wiring isn't carrying the load properly ...

... most all appliances will run at LESS than 110V AC ... however, items like clocks will get LESS 'juice' and will in turn run slower ...

... have someone "check" the voltage with a meter and see if it's putting out 110V constant ...

... the other side of that is some utility companies will do this to 'conserve' energy ...

... the bad news is that "older" electronics (clocks) won't keep accurate time ...

... the television won't effect it - otherwise your VCR etc time would be off as well ...

17. Author: [email protected]

i don't have a VCR any more.

with the clocks plugged in in a different room, they work perfectly. Thunder.Gerbil was correct.

.... then that is ONE OLD television ....

... ever hear of Plasma or LCD ???

19. Author: [email protected]

what does a vcr have to do with a TV except play through it.

they have disks now. some disks are blu-ray.

they even sell disk rewinders so when you return the disk, the next renter won't have to rewind it.

i have a sony vega tube TV. it even plays with color.