summer here so 30 C during day (forecast 40 C in a few days). will be well above 0 C for 6 months…
i tipped unit on its side to drain condensation away from electrical innards. it is already sitting in the warmest place, out in the sun, a lot warmer than inside the house :-) it stopped transmitting 48 hours ago. i’ll give it another day in the sun to see if it comes good > On 21 Jan 2021, at 9:24 pm, Rainer Lang <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's definitely not a feature. > However, did you have below 0°C/32°F temperatures ? > And do you have the inbuilt heater connected and powered ? > > What works with others who had the phenomenon - and no heater activated - > was, taking it down, drying it inside/indoors and it worked again. > Mine has its heater activated since recently and went through a minus > centigrade degree period followed by temperatures up to 10°C. > and - no issues. > Once activated by the inbuilt thermostat starts the heating when the > temperature drops below 0°C and keeps on running until the temperature goes > above 10°C/50°F. > That seems to avoid not only the freezing but also the condensation water > inside. > > I guess a replacement you can only ask for, if you have the heating > implemented (what quite some people don't seem to do, wanting to save on the > rather expensive power supply for it > [a decicated power supply unit]). > On 21.01.2021 03:59, Graham Eddy wrote: >> the top of my ecowitt ws80 (the light sensor) has partly filled with >> condensation and stopped working. the rest of the ws80 is still working. is >> this ‘expected’ of an exposed ws80 (how else to get UV?) or is it a fault >> (demand a replacement)? >> ____________ >> Graham Eddy >> >> -- >> 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] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/A823A248-BDBF-4DA2-ABF3-6FAB4EB33F0F%40gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/A823A248-BDBF-4DA2-ABF3-6FAB4EB33F0F%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > 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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/18eef889-d0fa-3bf0-024f-e912de256998%40gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/18eef889-d0fa-3bf0-024f-e912de256998%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/71489C08-9405-4BF8-AC73-37FF11EF8FE4%40gmail.com.
