H. MILLER WON'T CHIME

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:52 am     Post subject: H. MILLER WON'T CHIME

IT KEEPS PERFECT TIME, WONT CHIME 1/4 HR, HR, OR MELODY. GOT MANUAL FROM H.MILLER CHECKED THIER SUGGESTIONS (not many) NOTHING. IT HAS 3 MELODIES & SILENT SWITCH, ITS MY FOLK'S AND THEY MAY HAVE MOVED THE SWITCH DURING CHIME, OR WHEN IN THE AREAS YOUR NOT SUPPOSED TO. I'VE PULLED THE SIDE PANELS AND LOOKED AT THE MOVEMENT, CHIME ASSY, EVERYTHING WAS ALINED AND LOOKED RIGHT (I'M A MILLWRIGHT SO I HAVE A GOOD MECHANICAL BACKGROUND). ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MOV. I LIFTED THE CHIME LEVER AND CHIMED THE # OF TIMES THE HR HAND WAS ON. THE RIGHT SIDE I DIDNT SEE A MECHANICAL RELEASE LEVER BUT I MOVE A GEAR AND IT PLAYED A MELODY. I BELIEVE ITS JUST OUT OF SEQUENCE, BUT DON'T HOW TO A REMEDY THE SITUATION. HELP PLEASE. INFO I GOT FROM THE INSIDE PACKING LIST IS HOWARD MILLER MODEL NO. 610-373 S/N 90480149, MOVEMENT IS HERMLE 3541871. I KNOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO AUTOMATICLY CORRECT THE CHIME BUT IF YOU COULD SUGGEST ANOTHER POSSIBILITY. I WONT HAVE TO TELL MY FOLKS "I FIXED IT YOU MUST BE GOING DEAF" LOL. THANKS, MRBONES2U

Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:06 pm     Post subject:

Take your caps lock off your 'shouting'.

Some of these have an auto night shut off mechanism. this usually operates between 10 pm and 7 am.

If you have eliminated this as a problem then how old is the clock? It may be worn in places.
Look for a two digit number - 86 or similar or a letter on it's own.
this denotes the year the mechanism was made.