General Electronic flip clock model 8125

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Hi beautiful community of Flip Clock Fans

I have recently purchased a flip clock by General Electronic model 8125 as mentioned in the title.
I have few questions regarding this model and I was wondering if some of you could help me sort them out.

Firstly, does any of you have this model? and functioning?

Secondly, if so does yours also make 'fridge' kind of noise when it is plugged? and is there anyway that I could possibly fix it? I think it is from the motor but I would just not love having a clock buzzing next to my bed...

Last and most, has anybody try to customize it and turn it into battery running base instead of having to plug into the power? It would just be awesome to battery running instead of draining the power from the plug.

That is all. I am fairly new to this kind of clock but I want to dive into it and eager to learn more.

Thanks for your time to read and looking forward for some answers!

Aidot

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Hello and welcome!

The motor used in these is usually a GTC or Telechron S-type field-coil motor. The noise you hear are the reactive discs (reacting to the directional magnetic field) getting loose inside the clock motor casing. These motor cases are very difficult to open and service. Once they start making the noise you should start looking for a replacement as they are only refurbished by a few companies since no new motors are made anymore. I have serviced a few of these motors and they just are not worth the time, at least for me.

I do not know of anyone converting one of these to battery power. A battery powered version would most likely not have enough torque to power the movement for any length of time.

It likely has this motor: http://telechronclock.com/page6.html

https://timesavers.com/i-18289590-s-type-rotor.html