I know it sounds like another one of those stupid questions you get on forums, but on the other hand I would only know the answer after I've splashed out loads of cash on a Davis weather station.
Here's the background, for about 4 years now I've been running a Maplin branded Fineoffset with weewx on a raspberry pi. The fineoffset has been pretty reliable I replaced a couple of components but they are readily available and cheap. However as I've gathered more data I'm after greater precision. Firstly the rain gauge isn't capturing rainfall accurately for three reasons; a) Splashback - I think I've almost eliminated this by raising the sides b) Cobwebs - spiders get in and are proving very difficult to keep out. As the cobwebs increase the see saw needs more force to cause it to tip c) Occasionally I get one huge spider under the see saw and it jams. I've seen a resolution to b) & c) using smaller gauge gauze to stop the spiders getting in in the first place. The second precision area is wind speed and direction. The Fineoffset's sampling rate is something like 48 seconds which means that gusts are significantly under reported. I've got a bit of spare cash so I thought I'd 'upgrade' to a Vantage Pro or Vue as Davis seems to be the Rolls Royce of weather stations and the sampling rate is so much shorter, but would I get the extra precision that I'm after? If you've upgraded to a Davis from a Fineoffset (or something similar) I'd be interested in your experiences. Thanks in Advance Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
