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Old 15th Jul 2021, 1:03 pm   #21
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Driven by an arduino and allowing 2 digits each for hours, minutes and seconds? Unfortunately, going from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00 will take 774,141 turns which could take a while
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I did say motors plural, one for each dial.
 
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There are 6 dials - so you could have
seconds - ones (scale 0-9) and tens (scale 0-5)
minutes - ones (scale 0-9) and tens (scale 0-5)
hours - scale 1-12 (I know, that's cheating!)
and
either an am/pm dial (bit boring) or maybe days of the week (scale - 1-7!)
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Old 15th Jul 2021, 5:12 pm   #24
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Transport in an OAP shopping trolley? Good luck with the rescue Christopher. Who knows, the works may not be too corroded, especially if non ferrous and partially protected.
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Old 16th Jul 2021, 1:40 am   #25
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A rusty old electric meter with an incandescent light bulb on top. A metaphor for what awaits mankind if he continues to neglect the environment.

Shall we start the bidding at £100?
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Old 26th Jul 2021, 4:20 pm   #26
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Good afternoon,

Well... I failed to bring it home this weekend. I went prepared with my big hiking rucksack and plenty of water to drink. I had completely underestimated the size and thickness of the slate panel on which this meter was screwed to. After loading it into the rucksack and struggling like mad to get it on I managed to stagger about 200 meters in a very non straight line before giving up!!

Suffice to say it was probably very similar in weight and size to having a council paving slab with a big lump of cast iron screwed to it, then hanging off your shoulders with an additional several litres of drinking water in tow. No wander I could hardly walk . I don’t think walking 3-4 miles over the hill to get home would have done me much good!! I will have to think of another way to get it home. Possibly snapping the rusted nuts holding it onto the slab to separate the 2.

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Wheelbarrow?

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I admire your determination, Christopher.
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Old 26th Jul 2021, 7:20 pm   #29
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Wheelbarrow?

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Does that then qualify it as a "proper" meter, as per HVH's forum signature?
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Supermarket trolley?
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Supermarket trolley?
That will never make it home due to poor steering.
Take a hammer and knock the slab off the back of it to reduce the weight.
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