I now have 2 clocks with magnet swinging pendulum, one uses a single AA battery for clock and for pendulum, the other seems to have a separate AA battery just for the pendulum.
Both have weak (or maybe dead?) statoinary magnet with smaller magnet at top of pendulum which repels the pendulum from coming to rest in a vertical position.
The suggestion to get a neodymium magnet seems a plausible fix, but there are 2 magnets for each piece, and not much room to replace the stationary one--in fact it seems fused/melted into the plastic casing.
Does north-south directionality of the exisiting (and replacement) magnets make a difference? What if I cannot get the original magnet out?
It seems so simple, yet so complex, because 4 magnets would work great (they come in packs of 24), but I need 1) advice on how to position them relative to one another (the base/fixed magnet appears to be fused into the plastic).
Can I leave the old magnets there?
Do you reccommend the 1/2 inch disks (pack of 24) or the 1/4 inch disks (pack of 200). Is "approximate" placement OK and let gravity do its thing?