Re: Westclock direction
The clock rotor is a disc with many teeth and the two poles also have teeth to match. When running in synchronism, the teeth will line up with the supply and the rotor will run slowly, perhaps 1 rev/sec. This then drives a plastic worm for further speed reduction which wears out.
None of this explains why the clock has a preference to start backwards. Techman says not to let it run backwards but no reason was given.
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