Thank Jeff, and Tom again. The reason why separate, solar powered anemometer is a must have, is that I live in an area with high Lightning activity: https://images.app.goo.gl/QTDeAPa8Hukh49Pr5 I don't want to have anything else destroyed and definitely don't want a cable else than a lightning rod up there. Statistically, I get a direct hit every 30 years here. Several neighboring Houses were hit directly in the past 15 years since I live here. So, the Davis is probably not the best option for me: the price, combined with all the modifications I have to make to have it fit my idea how things should be, seem not to fit together very well.
Tom Hogland schrieb am Mittwoch, 1. März 2023 um 06:21:19 UTC+1: > I think I may have failed in my description :-) > > The only detachable part of a VP2's rain gauge is the black funnel - the > tipping spoons, etc. are part of the base unit - you'd have to saw it apart > to separate it. The UV/solar sensors are on a tray above and behind the > rain funnel, but plug into the main sensor array. The CR-123 is backup > power for the main sensor suite, so if you get a repeater it's powered > separately - solar, CR-123 and apparently it also has a AC input (the main > sensor suite takes AC power - that's my power source). The repeater can > feed the anemometer, uv/solar, and a rain gauge, plus temp or temp/humidity > so that's helpful. The VP2+ has a solar/battery-fed fan drawing air through > the temp/humidity sensors so having it "outside" isn't a big issue. > > Sorry to hear about your Tempest issues - I've heard a few stories of > early units having issues, but more recent units seem to be reliable. > > On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 11:50 AM [email protected] <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you Tom, I didn't mention that I purchased 2 Tempests of which 3 >> (yes, three of two, because the replacements sent by weatherflow were also >> defective) were defective with distinct issues within less than half a >> year. So, no, not again. >> >> For the Vantage Pro: for me it seems that more recent versions have >> detachable rain buckets and one could locate the humitemp inside a "sensor >> hut" and the rain bucket on top of the hut with a cabled connection to the >> solar powered, battery backed transmitter. A second, solar powered battery >> backed transmitter could be mounted on the mast on the roof top with the >> cabled anemometer and uv/radiation sensors attached to it. I would even >> tune this transmitter box with a solar powered LTO battery (lithium >> titanat) instead of the CR123, in theory, this would run "forever", a LTO >> can stand 10k+ cycles and still has 50% of it's rated capacity and >> discharge capabilities down to -20°C (That's one of the good things in the >> Tempest, they use an LTO also, but 1300mA is too small for locations near >> the arctic circle obviously) >> >> Anyway, it is nearly impossible to get your hands on a recent VP2, at >> least, where I live. So any input of a user with a more recent revision >> would be very interesting. >> >> -- 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/c447a9ab-d412-4781-b66a-4ee57fe3b5ean%40googlegroups.com.
