question strange happenings with p2

never had one do this before .
put cells in p2 . nothing so heated her up starts working then stops when cooled down . then starts up again . stoping and starting for two days . now the watch can take new cells fitted without heating it up and shes been running now for 36 hours . has the module re booted it self . any help on this would be great. must be crystal

[BENRUS]

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My very first P2 did the same but opposite...worked perfect when frozen cold.

STRANGE . WILL SEND IT AWAY GET CRYSTAL CHANGED

[BENRUS]

A new QC would not fix the temperature compensation sensor (or whatever u call it), which is located under the IC.
Most likely your going to have to change that QC to a Timingchip oscillator, (Which won't be as accurate, and will drain batteries quicker) unless you can repair the degrading metal under the IC.
Quote from LEDDWATCH:
(PostWed Feb 14, 2007 12:11 pm
All Pulsar P3 and P2's will fail in the oscillator stage one day, they are a time bomb ticking! There is a component in the watch which deals with heat changes, it was made to make small amounts of timing change to the oscillator circuit, for example if you leave your watch on a cold window sill or have it on your arm it is designed to not lose or gain time.

The component they used is suffering from bi-metal decay, due to a chemical reaction, they will all need this modification one day and are failing at a very high rate. The modification, if you use the right oscillator, only reduces the battery life slightly, surely its got to be an advantage to have a working pulsar with slightly reduced battery life and accuracy than a dead one?If you want to know more about this I can post pictures.

Cheers

Phil
) END QUOTE.

yes I here what your saying sir . I still think its the crystal the watch has been running fine all day but the minute I pick it up it will stop . aslong as you leave it in the box it works great . but when I pick it up it stops

[Adam]

Has anybody else tried picking it up or is it just you it stops for. Just a thought.

watch has been working now for 2 days . just in the box keeps good time . am sending it away to get looked at