What causes a pendulum clock to stop.
Wall clock keeps stopping.
It could take some time to get it right but if you stick with it you ll again have an in beat timepiece.
It s usually due to the cheap mechanism at the back which soon becomes loose so that the hands of the clock stick on either the glass or the faceplate.
If a clock.
It s probably quite an easy job they.
If after doing that your clock runs for a short time and then stops start the pendulum moving again and add two more coins to raise the clock a little higher again listening carefully for an even beat.
A clock that leans to the left or right at the slightest angle will throw your pendulum into pandemonium or stop it in its daily tracks for tracking good time.
Grandfather clocks should sit level.
The clock tilts forward at top due to hook on wall have packed a bit of folded tissue under bottom edge to sit it more perpendicular to the wall.
If your clock keeps stopping it could be the space it rests on.
If you ve recently moved your clock you should check the foundation for levelness.
Pendulums must swing freely.
How to set the beat of the pendulum clock tip prevention.
If the pendulum stays in the clock it may scratch the inside of the case as well as change the beat and then the clock may not work.
Pendulum arm about 20 long.
For wall clocks always remove your pendulum before taking the clock off the wall.
Gently slid arm off the small mechanism with a flat spring.