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B 1304

ELECTRICAL CLOCKS - CLASS A

Unit, Clock Pulse, No.
General. Unit, Clock Pulse, No. 1 is used in conjunction with a master
clock (Clock No. 36) to facilitate the distribution of clock pulses in all
accommodation other than telephone exchanges. This Unit supersedes Clock-Unit,
GMT35.. Installation details will be given in a revised issue of B 3301.

2 Description. The Unit, which is shown in Drg PE/T1-1, contains one

Strip, Clock Pulse, No. 1 and has a space to allow for the provision of one further

• Pulse Strip. The Units are designed to work on 24V or 50V, and are wired in
accordance with Drg PE/T1-2.
silver-grey stove enamel.

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The case is aluminium, finished in polychromatic

Pulse Strip. The Strip, Clock Pulse, No. 1 is a solid state DC amplifier
mounted on a printed circuit board. When an input pulse is received from the master
clock, the output is a constant current 250 ± 25mA, provided that the total resist-
ance of the wiring and clock coils does not exceed 90D on a 24V system, or 190D on a
50V system. This means that each loop will normally consist of up to 9 or 19 clocks,
depending on the voltage. Because the Strip has a constant current output, however,
it is not necessary to add balance resistors if less than the maximum number of
clocks is used in a loop. The Strip should not suffer any damage if the output is
short-circuited. The fuse mounted on each Strip will only rupture if there is an
internal fault on the board, in which case the Strip should be replaced. (See also
B 5305).

~ ~arge Installations. When the number of pulse clocks to be installed

exceeds the capacity of one unit, additional Units, Clock Pulse, No. 1 should be
wired in parallel as shown in Drg PE/T1-2. Additional Strips, Clock Pulse, No. 1
may be re~uisitioned to double the capacity of each Pulse Unit, and a few may be
held as spares.

References:- B 3301, B 5305

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