what effect does placing a magnet beside a digital clock have?

Question

I would like to stop or slow down the operation of a digital timer with a magnet. If a magnet cannot slow it down, how can it be done?

Answer 1

It would have no effect.

In order to slow it down, you have to change its inner workings. Replace the crystal with one of a different frequency, alter the way it counts seconds and minutes, etc.

Answer 2

The magnet would have no effect on the digital clock.

There was a time when watches advertised that they were "anti-magnetic" which simply meant that the inner workings were made of stainless or another type of metal that would not be affected by magnetic fields.

To slow your digital clock or timer down, according to Einstein (who better to know) you will have to either approach the speed of light or move it to a much stronger gravitational field or accelerate it (the same effect as a stronger gravitational field.)
Short of these things, only by modifying the inner electronics and frequency components can you slow it down.

Answer 3

i like digital by way of fact they are ordinary to examine at evening. they don't make noise like the analog clocks. the only down fall with digital clocks in case you do not have the backup battery interior and the means is going off then you definately've the annoyance of the blinking clock.