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by apenwith
Tue 13 Aug 2013 9:13 am
Forum: General
Topic: Perseids Meteor Shower 2013
Replies: 2
Views: 2413

Re: Perseids Meteor Shower 2013

We were out in the garden at about 5pm yesterday (Monday 12th) and heard something ripping through the air - far to fast for a bird - it sounded a bit like a firework rocket - could it have been a meteor ??? It wasn't till I saw this thread that it made me wonder though it crossed my mind at the tim...
by apenwith
Sun 11 Nov 2012 9:06 am
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: Question
Replies: 6
Views: 3725

Re: Question

Hi
I would suspect the spring contacts in the transmitter RJ socket - either gone flat or corroded

Regards
Alan
by apenwith
Mon 01 Oct 2012 11:07 am
Forum: Hydreon RG-11 Rain Sensor
Topic: Hydreon RG-11 results
Replies: 82
Views: 80094

Re: Hydreon RG-11 results

Hi All I thought it had gone quiet on the RG11 front but it seems I'm not the only on still playing with the things. So here are my results from September. The manual site RG11 is still modified with the funnel and an extra tipping bucket has been added. A very well made mini weather station from Li...
by apenwith
Thu 27 Sep 2012 9:55 am
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: edit sep12
Replies: 4
Views: 2274

Re: edit sep12

Hi Steve

Found the answer - date format

Thanks
Alan
by apenwith
Thu 27 Sep 2012 9:33 am
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: edit sep12
Replies: 4
Views: 2274

Re: edit sep12

Hi Steve This is a sample of the file I created via a csv 01/09/2012,09:00,15.4,99,15.3,6.6,11.9,302,0.0,0.0,1029.3,244.5,24.2,61,9.3,14.8,15.4,0,0,0.00,0.00,14.7,276,0.3,270,0.0 01/09/2012,09:30,15.8,96,15.2,9.9,12.6,305,0.0,0.0,1028.4,244.5,24.2,61,12.6,14.8,15.8,0,0,0.00,0.00,13.9,364,0.7,315,0.0...
by apenwith
Thu 27 Sep 2012 8:45 am
Forum: Fine Offset/EasyWeather
Topic: edit sep12
Replies: 4
Views: 2274

edit sep12

Hi Steve I wanted to backdate the values for the RG11 record. I opened the sep12log.txt with excel - recalculated the rg11 values and made sure that all the decimal places were correct for all the columns and saved the result as a csv file. Then renamed it to txt. Although it looks identical to a ba...
by apenwith
Sat 22 Sep 2012 1:51 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Wind Turbines
Replies: 0
Views: 1361

Wind Turbines

Hi With the Feed-In Tariff producers of wind turbine power receive a payment subsidised by us all - it would seem fair to me that on the occasions that they are not producing and are using power from the grid that they should pay for that power at the same cost as the subsidised income they receive....
by apenwith
Wed 19 Sep 2012 9:29 am
Forum: Cumulus 1 (No longer being developed)
Topic: Manual Entry
Replies: 4
Views: 2254

Re: Manual Entry

Thanks Steve

On reflection I think you're right - at the moment I'm running three different buckets, two RG11's and a manual gauge so it makes sense to look at them outside Cumulus.

Regards
Alan
by apenwith
Wed 19 Sep 2012 9:09 am
Forum: Cumulus 1 (No longer being developed)
Topic: Manual Entry
Replies: 4
Views: 2254

Re: Manual Entry

Hi Steve
I was thinking more of havng the manual entry as a separate item through Cumulus so the original sensor values could be compared.
But as an interim measure if it was added to the end of the dayfile would Cumulus ignore the extra entry.
Regards
Alan
by apenwith
Wed 19 Sep 2012 8:53 am
Forum: Cumulus 1 (No longer being developed)
Topic: Manual Entry
Replies: 4
Views: 2254

Manual Entry

Hi Steve

Would there be any way of allowing a manual entry of daily rain (obviously from a manual gauge) - it would be a handy way of monitoring the various buckets etc. and setting up accurate correction factors.

Regards
Alan
by apenwith
Sat 01 Sep 2012 9:36 am
Forum: Hydreon RG-11 Rain Sensor
Topic: Hydreon RG-11 results
Replies: 82
Views: 80094

Re: Hydreon RG-11 results

Hi Results for August - some very spurious RG11 readings on the Cumulus RG11 at the end of the month. My first though was birds perching on the unit but the select-a-graph shows the readings occur when there is rain - birds would be much more random. The two buckets performed quite well. The dummy r...
by apenwith
Mon 13 Aug 2012 8:34 am
Forum: Hydreon RG-11 Rain Sensor
Topic: Hydreon RG-11 results
Replies: 82
Views: 80094

Re: Hydreon RG-11 results

Hi
Results for the first 12 days of August. Somewhat mixed - it's hard to draw any conclusion.
The manual site RG11 still has the funnel modification. The Cumulus attached RG11 has the bucket size set at 0.36 mm.
augresult.jpg
Regards
Alan
by apenwith
Mon 16 Jul 2012 8:22 am
Forum: Hydreon RG-11 Rain Sensor
Topic: Hydreon RG-11 results
Replies: 82
Views: 80094

Re: Hydreon RG-11 results

Hi
Results for July so far. Note the point that the manual site RG11 was modified. I was away for a few days so the manual gauge was only read when I returned so I have put in the 3 day total for the others.
Results.jpg
Regards
Alan
by apenwith
Mon 16 Jul 2012 6:56 am
Forum: Homebuilt
Topic: Sunshine Recorder
Replies: 453
Views: 241554

Re: Sunshine Recorder

Hi Stuart
You WERE included in the thanks.
Alan
by apenwith
Sun 15 Jul 2012 6:37 pm
Forum: Homebuilt
Topic: Sunshine Recorder
Replies: 453
Views: 241554

Re: Sunshine Recorder

Hi I'd like to correct Stuart on one small point - the B-L sunrecorder is not an alternative to the Davis system which, as I understand it, estimates sunshine from global radiation. It's also interesting that just after the third anniversay of the start of this topic it still attracts views (and con...