Clock Stopped Working? Battery Tip. 

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My husband has been trying to fix our clock for ages (well, only 10-15 minutes). And then I came with your solution and tada! It worked in 5 seconds!!! He was not speaking to me for 5 minutes 😂😂😂😂😂

6 yrs later and your still helping people. Thank you 😊

Great tip! My "tangs" were also moveable. I held them in place and put the battery in as suggested. Now a clock that hasn't worked in a year & was a gift from my niece is working. Yea!

WOW! I love my clock and thought it was a goner. YOU WERE RIGHT! SO Simple. Thanks a million for sharing this easy fix.

OH MY !!! Worked like a CHARM! Bought a nice little clock at GOODWILL for practically nothing for my bathroom, and was disappointed that even after changing out the dead battery it still wouldn't run. Stumbled upon your video and "Voila' !!! Works like new now ! THANKS so much!!

Hi, yet another person who is sincerely grateful for this simple, but immediately effective tip. I thought I'd lost my kitchen clock for good, but thank goodness, I remembered that it's always worth checking on RU-vid!

7 years later and still helping people all over the world. Thought I'd try this before buying a new mechanism and it worked 😊 Thanks from Poland!

After watching I thought what rubbish. However I tried your technique on one of my clock in my bedroom which had stopped working and it worked. Thanks soo much.

4 years after this video was made! I've been looking for a 'certain' clock for ages, so thrilled I found it in a thrift store, only worked for a short time. Soooo disappointed until.... I tried this and it worked lol Such a little thing has made so many people so happy! Outta the park my Dear! ✌🇨🇦🙋‍♀️

It worked!!...I was about to throw out the clock after trying 4 different batteries. Thank you for taking the time to pass on that perfect repair secret.

The quartz movement on my grandfather clock just stopped. Just short of ordering a new quartz movement, I followed your instructions and decided to clean it first. Well, to keep a long story short, I got some Q-tips out and soaked them in alcohol and proceeded to clean the battery compartment along with the metal positive and negative nodes. I popped a new battery back in and voila, it's now stronger than ever, ticking away full steam ahead. Suffice it to say, clean first and see what happens. Thank you for your very helpful vid!

My kitchen clock hasn’t worked in years. Followed your advice and now it is working. Thank you!!!!

a fantatsic timbre and tone to the voice. and it worked. thank you

Wow, you are really good! I have a sentimental clock that stopped working for few years and I am trying to see how I can repair it. Guess what? It's a battery placement problem!!! The negative side of the battery socket has a piece that sticks out so we try to put the negative side of the battery first. After watching your video, I push the left side piece in and place the battery from the positive side first. ... The clock is ticking now (after more than 3 years of sitting in silence). THANK YOU!

Awesome. I've been staring at a favorite clock of mine for months that I had left for dead. Skeptical of your tip I tried it and tick tock!!! Thanks for sharing.

This totally worked for me!!! 7 years later & your tip is going strong, thanks!

OH MY GOD YOU WERE COMPLETELY RIGHT! I’ve had this clock for about 20 years and it’s been broken for about 10 of them. I really liked it and thought maybe there was a RU-vid video explaining how to take it apart and get it working BUT THIS SIMPLE THING ACTUALLY GOT IT WORKING! Thank you!

Just before I was going to take mechanism apart I came across your video, - now working fine, thanks for your great tip.

Wow! I was going nuts trying to understand why my wall clock stopped working after changing the battery when I found this post! Brilliant of you to notice and your most simple solution worked like a charm! Thank you so much.

Had the same problem and would of never thought of this simple fix. Thank you.

You saved me so much money omg!!!! This clock was given to me and it's beautiful it never would work ! I did what you advised and my clock is working thank you soooooo much!!!!!!

I have my clock for 2 years now, because I love it I hold on to it. Big thanks to you I really appreciate your video. You are the best person in the world.

THANKS!!! Your video saved my treasured, inexpensive clock, which I was about to trash. Watched your video and VOILÁ! Now I’ve got the battery in correctly!

Thank you so much! I was getting ready to buy a new clock when I found your post. A million Thank You’s

You fixed the Grandfather clock my youngest son gave me the first Christmas that he had a job. He has since passed away and this clock is a treasure working or not. Thanks so much ❤️

Well, I'll be damned.My clock doesn't have the two prongs, but I tried your trick and I'll be damned if it didn't work.You're a regular genius!I had a feeling the battery wasnt making a good connection, but never thought to try this.Thanks so much because I was trying to find a replacement "movement" and they're nearly as much as the clock was.

Oh my!! This just worked on a clock that was dead for four years. I just loved it so much. Thank you ❤️

This really worked! I can't believe it. I have a large wall clocked that stopped working. I didn't know what to do, then I saw this video. Thank you for saving my clock!!

You’re a rock star! Wonderful tip that worked. I was about to throw the clock away...

Big thanks. I have a 2 yo clock that the gearbox is virtually the same as yours. While this method is not working for me, it's bringing me in the right direction: Corrosion. I opened up the box and found that the place where the battery clips meet with the internal PCB is corroded. So I scraped off the corroded metal, cleaned with IPA, and boom, tick tok tick tok.

Thank you. My battery actually goes in too deep, so after viewing this, I played with ours, and realized I had to pull up the positive end a bit. Worked like a charm!!! Tick, tick.

Have a favorite clock that hadn't worked in months despite replacing the battery--twice. Tried your simple trick, and it's back! Thank you so much for posting this! You've made our family so happy, bless you!

Whoop whoop, I thought my favourite clock was doomed for the scrap pile but watching your video has proved that it still works perfectly! So glad I searched for help and found you

I am telling you, you're awesome for sharing this little tip. I sent my battery-operated Lindel tambour mantel clock to a professional clock repair shop. After 2 weeks I was told to come and get it and it was declared unfixable. Since this was a family "heirloom", I decided to search RU-vid for any help in replacing the quarts movement and happened upon your video by accident (or Divine Guidance!). I inserted a new battery as you showed and sure enough. The clock came to life! Thank you so much for sharing! 💖

Thank you so much for this video! I get to keep my favorite clock! I'd tried everything I could think of and was afraid I was going to have to throw it away. I figured I'd take a chance as a last resort and see if there were any repair videos, and RU-vid did not disappoint. I followed along with your video and it started ticking again! 🎉Thank you!

Oh my gosh!!!! Your are a genius! After trying 10 different batteries that I knew were good, I found your video on RU-vid. I did exactly as your recommended and my lovely clock is working again!!!! Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!

I knew it had something to do with the + connection but couldn’t figure it out. Thank you so much!

Thank you. I took my clock apart four different times could not figure out what was wrong until I saw your tip

OMG! I have a clock that has a loon sound every hour. It stopped working. Could not find another like it anywhere!!!! SO SAD. Looked at one youtube video showing how to take the entire inner workings apart and clean it...then I came across yours. OMG! EXACTLY the problem. Tick, Tick, Tick. THANK YOU for making this video!!!!

Liked your video. Didn’t work at first but then I added silver foil both ends and that did it. Thank you!!

Good job. Thank you. You saved me a trip back to Walmart to get my money back.

Thank you!! Was just about to order a replacement and watched this and gave it a shot...and started right up! 1000 x Thanks!

This actually works!! I had a garden clock that didn't work, even though it was brand new, I followed the advice and it started to work!! Thank you.

WOW! Spent 10 Min looking online for reasoning on why my clock i just bought was no working. Then I found this video. Very Helpful.

This worked like magic! Spared me from buying a new one. Thank you for sharing!!

I as on the way out to throw my clock in the garbage can when I thought of just seeing if there is any fix for it. AND YOUR SUGGESTION WORKED. SUPER COOL !!!!!!!!!!!!! Million Likes ... Thanks for the tip

Wow! Before parting from my clock for good, I decided to check RU-vid and found your video. Thank you so much for this video, it saved my pretty clock and I am so grateful 😊

I took your advice and it worked on my favorite clock. Thank you!! 😊

OMG! Thank you for sharing this tip. It totally worked.

I have a clock in our bedroom that is very quiet per hubby's request. It's been acting up off and on for a few years. It would work when laying flat and would continue to run for awhile after being hung on the wall. Now it's working all the time!! So glad I found your video!!

My clock was "skipping" seconds erratically and your fix instantly worked! Several battery changes did not fix it... only your suggestion. Thank you for this video !

Amazing and so simple. The amount of clocks that I have thrown away in the past which were probably still good😔. Thank you this saved a clock that I really like. 👍

you just saved me a return trip to the store! thank you!!!

Oh my gosh I can not believe that was it. I was about to order a replacement "quartz movement mechanism" for a wonderful clock my son made in woods class when I stumbled onto your video. I wonder how many people order those simply because they didn't notice those dang tangs! Thanks. You really "saved time" (and about $7.95+S&H).

Love your voice when you are demonstrating and illustrating the problem, your voice is very soothing and comforting be nice to hear your voice when I couldn't sleep, your voice would put me right to sleep all due respect no pun intended. . Thanks Jac

I have done this twice now when my clock battery has died, works every time!! Thank you so much for saving me from having to buy another $100 clock

Explained it so well. Thanks! Although your method didn't work, you showed where the problem was and I decided to use soldering to add a small electromagnetic piece of metal on top of those tangs. My grandma is so pleased with me!

This is great! ....Even if your clock is ticking, if it's not in there just right (positive underneath those two prongs), the hands won't move (in my case at least). It's like it was underpowered. Thank you!

Ditto with others... Had a clock that sometimes worked, and other times didn’t... I did this trick. BOOM! Ticking again.... Thank you so much!

Your a life saver, ready to buy new large kitchen wall clock, now working 👍

BLESS YOU. I thought I broke my Audubon bird clock that uses Quartz and your trick worked immediately! ✨ you’re an angel. After I got it to work, i realized the “second” hand was stuck and not progressing forward, watched another video and realized I just need to tilt the clock around until it gets moving again, lol. You people who make RU-vid videos about these problems have me feeling SO grateful for your helpfulness. This is clearly not the best made clock in the world but damn do I love these bird sounds 😆

If that does not work the problem may still be electrical contacts, but deeper in the clock. I just fixed 3 of this type of clock this week. IN EVERY CASE the problem was the pressure contacts between the battery connectors & the electronics board inside the movement. My clue to this was that fiddling with the battery contacts could make the clock run for a short time, but then it would stop again. First check the contacts to the battery itself. If the battery has leaked, you may need to use a little water on a cotton swab to dissolve the resultant deposit. GENTLY polish with some metal polish if needed, If they are badly corroded you may need a new mechanism, OR you can buy a separate 1-cell battery case & solder its leads directly to the electronics board of the disassembled mechanism, if that is all that is wrong; if you are capable of this level of fine soldering, you probably don't need any more instructions! Carefully remove the hands, remove the mechanism from the clock face (usually a nut on the face side, but may also be glued), & disassemble the mechanism - you need to be a somewhat good at dealing with small parts, & note carefully the location of all the gears - take photos as you go & use a magnifier to see what you are doing. There are a few videos around to show you how to do all this. Once you have the electronics board free, gently scrape the contacts (2 spring type from the battery, 2 flat on the PCB) with a plastic blade to remove the small amount of corrosion that has formed around them: the contacts should now look evenly bright). Re-assemble just the electronics board & battery connectors into the mechanism housing, place the motor armature in position (the gear & attached magnet that sit by the solenoid coil), and insert the battery. If the armature now "ticks" (& it did not before you cleaned the contacts), you likely have fixed the problem. Carefully re-assemble the mechanism, re-attach it to the face, & re-attach the hands, making sure that the hands will not foul on themselves or anything else as they rotate. Use a gentle blower on the mech to make sure that you have not introduced any dirt. If cleaning the contacts does not work (too corroded), then you can bodge the connections by soldering a ~30 gauge copper magnet wire to each contact on the PCB & wire-wrap the other end around their respective battery connectors. The connector bars on these clocks don't seem amenable to soldering, so tight wire-wrapping (so that the edge of the connector bar cuts slightly into the bared wire) is the only option, unless you are good at micro-riveting! Again, if you are that good at soldering you probably don't need more help! About 15 minutes work & no parts cost, & you keep the original hands & sound of your clock! Good luck!

Thank you so much for that. I was just about to throw my wall clock out, when I looked up your video - yea!

Wow! I love you! Okay, that may be a bit extreme. But! Your suggestion worked for us. Friends had given us a decorator clock a few years ago and it has sentimental value. I tried several batteries just like you said. Just wouldn't work. I didn't want to give up on it and decided to have a look on youtube and found your video. The clock is now working! Thank you so much for this great solution to our clock!

I can hear the clock mechanism ticking, though the hands don't move. Great you got it working. Every time I look at the clock on my covered patio it drives me nuts.

Same clock your tip works a treat thanks

I amazed, really it worked, thanks a lot. This problem fixed in one minutes. I am from India and loved this video and your tricks. Namaste from India🙏😍❣️

How funny it actually worked, made me laugh at myself because I was thinking, there is no way! Thank you for sharing...

I bought a beautiful yard sale clock for $1. They thought it was broken. I bought a clock mechanism thinking I would have to repair and came across this video. Really? All I had to do was insert the battery a different way? It works! Totally amazing! I will be returning the unused mechanism. Thank you!

Thanks!!! It works now! Happy grandma!

Omg, was going crazy why my beautiful clock.stopped working. Was looking to.how salvage it. And bang, here you are. Thank you

Brilliant. Will share this with the world

Darn it! I really wanted this to solve my problem 😔 looks like I'm going to have to buy a new clock. Thank you for sharing this tip

Thank you for this!!! I was about to replace the entire battery pack.

Your video fixed my clock. Thank you!

Thank you! I had the same exact issue yesterday! You solved my problem - so glad I didn't have to change out the movement!

Brilliant , just got it going, thank you.

Brilliant! Mine too had snapped off! Followed your advice and tick tock is back again! Thank you!

Genius! Thank you....you saved me from buying a new clock!

Amazing! You saved my favorite clock!

Worked like a charm! Thank you!

You were so helpful, thanks very much for this. My beloved clock is working again.

Thank you, your tip worked, I'm so grateful ❤

I was going to throw my clock. After watching ur video, I used ur trick and magic happened. 😮 Thank u so much

That literally worked after I was fusing with a clock i thrifted for an hour… wow. thank you so much.

Worked for my cute secondhand clock. Thanks so much!

Excellente'! I had no loose parts like you but tried your battery insertion technique and it solved my problem -My clock was loosing 10 minutes overnight at random times.

Many thanks for this tip!!

THANK YOU GREAT SOLUTION FOR MOST - NEVER KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING WRONG Some of my clocks won't work in the Summer - winter they're fine. Weird or what 🤔

girl!!! this was absolutely the fix! I am so happy to find this video, thank you sooo much!

Didn work for me 😩

Well, I have learnt something today, Thank you for your knowledge.

Yesss, my clock is fixed!! Thanks to your video I've notice that one of the little harm on the positive end was folded. It probably happened when I forced the battery in by starting with the wrong side. I carefully put it back in its original shape with a pair of pliers, add the battery the right way and voilà :) Thank you so much 🙏

Oh thankyou thankyou........I have a couple of very precious Vintage clocks and they just stopped for no reason........now that I have watched your Video..........they are working..........yeee haaa.........and am now sad for the ones that I got rid of.....you are wonderful :)

Omg 👁️👄👁️ my dad was trying to fix the clock from yesterday even he bought new cells but the clock doesn't work. After watching this video I fix the clock in 30 secs . My dad is really going to be amazed when he will see how I fixed the clock😅😁😁 thank u for this amazing video

Wow! Now I feel stupid. Had this clock for 30 years and never had any issues after changing out the battery until today. Thank you!

Wow u changed my life, thank u so much

Simply BRILLIANT!!

I was about to throw my clock away & your tip has it ticking again! Many many thanks.