Data collection, More Free-Wheeling - The Clock Tower, BITS Pilani

Observations :-

Observed free-wheeling, change in the time by 10 minutes. Either a problem with the clutch or the shaft of the bevel gears.
Data was collected from the freewheeling circuit. The data points showed that the circuit went dead after close to 20 minutes of activity. Analysis of the data is pending.
Data from the pendulum sensors was collected – a lot of junk exists in the data, probably due to some malfunction of the LDR. Analysis of the data is pending.
FD III side face which has the freewheeling circuit installed was balanced by removing the extra counter weights.
All face were checked for friction for all hours. The SR face seems to be the problematic one. It requires a lot of force to move from 40 to 45 mins.
The Gong mechanism was oiled and activated. It seems to be working fine although the sound is less because of just 2 inch travel of the bell hammer.

To-Do List :-

Need to set up the time period measurement circuit with a new LDR.
Analysis of two data sets, one from the time period measurement, other from the freewheeling circuit.
Need to analyze why the freewheeling circuit went dead after 20 minutes of activity. Might be a problem with the batteries or maybe it went dead after the first instance of freewheeling

Welcome!

The most iconic landmark in the quaint, little hamlet that is Pilani, the BITS Clock-tower brings with it more than half-a-century’s worth of history and tales aplenty. Occupying a central place in BITS folklore, over the years, attempting an ascent of this structure was something of a rite of passage for every BITSian who hopped onto the life-mobile and sauntered off into the sunset.

As clock-towers go, this specimen is about as unique as they come – its array of 10 bells, gives it an unparalleled musical range among its brethren nationally, and it certainly hits rarefied notes on a global scale. That it has had to suffer in silence for the last 30 years is a deafening tragedy, with reports from its heyday extolling how its chimes could be heard from miles away!

Over the last couple of years, there has been a dedicated student-run initiative to restore this tired behemoth to the pristine glory of its yesteryears. Mentored by a group of recent alumni, a team of able hands and minds have made great strides in this regard.

Wishing you well, ye old Methuselah. Long may you enthrall generations hence!