149:. To date there has been no forthcoming information from Cremorne council about when the sign will be switched on despite public outrage. Because the sign and operating costs were the property of Nylex, the public hope the council will assume responsibility of the costs. Since March 2009, the clock and associated temperature display have been inoperative. The clock was briefly illuminated again on Thursday, 29 January 2015, when a group calling themselves 'The Nylex Clock Collective' broke into the silos and found the switch to the clock. Drivers reported the clock running an hour behind, as it had not been adjusted for daylight saving time.
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turned on, but the time stayed stuck on 7.24am due to a 'glitch with satellite alignment' in the equipment used to keep the time and date accurate. The sign had been out of action for 14 months, with the restoration commencing in
February and costing $ 300,000. 17,000 LED lights were used, along with
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was also applied to the sign in March that year. The 11,340 square metre silos precinct underneath the clock was sold in
September 2004 in a deal believed to be worth $ 8.75 million. The sign itself had been owned by Australian Neon Signs, until sold to Nylex in August 2004. The location of the clock
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