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Old 11-11-2009, 09:35 PM
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I agree that it's powered all of the time, but a possiblity is that the car's voltage is a little higher (14.2 volts, approx) vs when it is off (12.6?) volts, and if your clock was marginal due to bad capacitors or possibly dirt, it might work at 14 volts but not at 12.
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