Looking at some old threads this issue has come up before but the responses seem to veer off into diagnostics for a clock that runs then stops. I can see where these 2 issues are in the end identical, but I cant help but think that as a troubleshooting indicator, the fact that it runs great without the presentation of the load a bob adds to the train, would drive a different set of possible assumptions.
Rational: Leveling (beat) and the absence/presence of power are non issues since in my experience an unlevel/out of beat clock runs even less without a pendulum/bob than with, and if there is enough power to keep a crutch without a pendulum/bob moving for hours then clearly it is getting power. However, is it possible there is not "enough" power? I am not sure that is even a possibility....
An issue that 1 of the 2 clocks in question (American time and strike and a French time piece) also have is that the French one intermittently will work with a shorter/smaller pendulum and bob but a slightly longer/correct length of pendulum and bob consistently stops.... Both are very fickle clocks and will only run if perfectly level/in beat. What might that indicate about the French clock?
Bottom Line - Are there some additional things I can assume or that I should consider since these clocks have the unique ability to run only without a pendulum and/or bob? Or should I just treat a clock that works without a pendulum and/or bob, but stops with a pendulum and/or bob, the same as any other clock that stops?
Rational: Leveling (beat) and the absence/presence of power are non issues since in my experience an unlevel/out of beat clock runs even less without a pendulum/bob than with, and if there is enough power to keep a crutch without a pendulum/bob moving for hours then clearly it is getting power. However, is it possible there is not "enough" power? I am not sure that is even a possibility....
An issue that 1 of the 2 clocks in question (American time and strike and a French time piece) also have is that the French one intermittently will work with a shorter/smaller pendulum and bob but a slightly longer/correct length of pendulum and bob consistently stops.... Both are very fickle clocks and will only run if perfectly level/in beat. What might that indicate about the French clock?
Bottom Line - Are there some additional things I can assume or that I should consider since these clocks have the unique ability to run only without a pendulum and/or bob? Or should I just treat a clock that works without a pendulum and/or bob, but stops with a pendulum and/or bob, the same as any other clock that stops?