Today the life time of a machine is an important factor in deciding the quality output. Also machines involved in applications like Earth moving, Agriculture, and power generators require an account on its run time to facilitate the calculation of running cost and its lifetime.

The Hour counter is such a measuring Instrument that counts the ON/RUN time of a live engine or a vehicle. The instrument embeds Motorola controller which is meant for automotive applications where the atmospheric conditions effect the performance of any measuring device.

The Hour counter operates on wide voltage range between 10V to 60V (model specific). The accounted time is displayed on a power efficient seven segment LCD. The display has a units place to display the number of minutes in multiples of six and the other digits say the number of hours a particular machine or engine is live.

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