Have you opened up the raingauge and cleaned inside - as well as possibly 
removed any spiders and other wildlife that may be tipping the gauge for 
you .......



On Wednesday, 26 February 2020 02:02:01 UTC+2, Macha wrote:
>
> ... well at least I think it is. 
>
> I’ve had a "cheapo" wh1080 system running for a few years with an RPi and 
> weewx. 
>
> I’ve quite a few glitches over the years - lockups and communication 
> dropouts sorted with fresh batteries and/or restarts. Silly readings have 
> been tamed with +/- limits. 
>
> The latest behaviour is stumping me. Over the past few weeks I’ve been 
> getting rain readings when no rain has fallen. Furthermore, these rain 
> readings are "sensible" in the sense of being within normal rainfall levels 
> around here. For example last week it recorded around 100mm per day for 3 
> days, which is what continuous heavy rain would produce. 
>
> Except it hasn’t actually rained for several weeks. 
>
> I’ve tried the following ... 
>
> disconnecting the rain sensor (tipping bucket) - it still records rain. 
>
> moving the remote unit closer (now within 5m of the console) - no 
> difference. 
>
> changing USB cable (no change). 
>
> using a powered USB device (no change). 
>
> Any clues (please) 
>
>
>
>

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