How to Set Clock Weights
The movement is the most important part of any clock, and the weights are critical elements of a pendulum-regulated clock like a grandfather clock. The movement controls the time. The pendulum regulates and adjusts the time and the weights bring power to the hour strike movement with the left weight; to the time movement with the center weight and to the chime movement with the right weight. The weights are all different and are set differently. The clock will stop if the weights aren't raised periodically.
Instructions
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Take a look at the bottom of each weight. Each will be labeled to indicate its correct hanging position, if you are looking at the clock from the front. Each weight weighs a different amount.
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Hang the weight on the cable or chain. Floor clocks can have cables or chains. Leave the Styrofoam block for now. Hang the weight with its hook.
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Check to see that the cable is in the cable pulley if the clock uses one.
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Raise the weights. This must happen every seven days or the clock will stop. Weights on cables and pulleys use a hand crank. You'll see the hole between the numeral three and four. Floor clocks with chains are raised by pulling on the chain. Don't pull on the weights themselves as this could unhook them. Pull the chain down until the weight is two inches from the bottom of the wood movement board.
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Remove the Styrofoam blocks on new weights after about eight hours. They will loosen. Lift the blocks straight up until they clear the pulley. Push them back through the cables.
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Tips & Warnings
If the weights don't drop at the same level it's probably because the silent or nighttime feature is selected.
Don't use tools to remove the Styrofoam blocks. Allow them to loosen over time and pull them off.
