2006-06-13 14:15:02 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Consumer Electronics ➔ Other - Electronics
I think it varies from clock to clock, mine is seven minutes
2006-06-13 23:52:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sassy 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Great question
I found this in a message board from Oct. 03, but the link is dead.
Why nine minutes?
Clock experts say when snooze alarms were invented, the gears in alarm clocks were standardized. The snooze gear was introduced into the existing mix and its teeth had to mesh with the other gears' teeth. The engineers had to choose between a gear that made the snooze period nine-plus minutes or 10-plus minutes. Because of the gear configuration, 10 minutes on the nose was not an option.
According to these clock historians, engineers chose the shorter snooze, figuring "less than 10 minutes" seemed more punctual and marketable than sending people back to dreamland for "more than 10 minutes." The public became accustomed to this, and clock makers have generally stuck with it
http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/6573065.htm
2006-06-13 21:45:59 · answer #2 · answered by extrasynaptic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably the clock setting, mines set at 15 minutes.
2006-06-13 21:20:06 · answer #3 · answered by Brittany T 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on mine its seven seconds
2006-06-13 21:19:02 · answer #4 · answered by itscarolj 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋