The Editor vindicated!

Sir,
With reference to “The Remarkable Mystery of the Elusive Dry-Cell” in your January issue. As the owner of a 1967 Triumph 2000, this type of clock seems to be a standard fitting. The Owners’ Handbook refers to it on page 10 and I quote:

“The clock is energised by a Mallory cell hearing aid battery which has a life of approximately eighteen months, during which period the clock will maintain regular time-keeping until the battery is exhausted; the clock will then stop.”

The battery is housed in a carrier which is attached to the mill-board inside the parcels-shelf. A small aperture in the bottom face of the carrier enables the battery to be pushed out. To ensure correct polarity when inserting a new battery, the carrier is shaped to prevent incorrect assembly.

The clock is a Smiths (No. CET 3506/00) and a battery was obtainable from the local Triumph distributors.

E. G. Thomas.
Swansea.

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Sir,
With reference to your article about electric clocks—I owned two Triumph 2000s of 1966 and 1967 vintage, both of which had clocks driven by a small dry battery. I had no difficulty in getting spare batteries for these clocks from the local distributors, so presumably they were well known. My present 2000 Mk. II has a different system, I think.

I hope your cup of happiness is now complete.

John H. Moir.
Worplesdon.

[These are but two of the letters received on this subject.—Ed.].