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Yet another Windvane Mod

For discussion of DIY weather equipment - sensors, accessories, improvements to existing kit etc
Gina
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Re: Yet another Windvane Mod

Post by Gina »

sanramonrover wrote:Now the only problem is my transmitter has lost contact with the receiver so often I can't tell if it really works or not. :evil:
New batteries, cleaned contacts, replugged everything but still no regular contact. Maybe another dead 1081 :roll:
I hate wireless! :roll: One reason I'm looking into 1-wire networking.
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sanramonrover
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Re: Yet another Windvane Mod

Post by sanramonrover »

So maybe the long tail vane raised above the anemometer is the answer?

Here's a graph from about a week ago.Image

And one from this afternoon's mod and resetting of data.Image

That orderly little row of blue dots looks so neat. 8-) What's your collective opinions?
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Ned
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Re: Yet another Windvane Mod

Post by Ned »

Very impressive, you seem to have perfected it in one step. I had previously played with adding short extensions with no improvement, but I'm now tempted to follow your lead. Cheers!
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Orion
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Re: Yet another Windvane Mod

Post by Orion »

Those results look impressive sanramonrover
Got a idea from this page as well
http://www.novalynx.com/200-ws-01.html
Gina
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Re: Yet another Windvane Mod

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This was my vane extension - it didn't help. Worse if anything. It was polystyrene about 2mm thick. Image
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Gina
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Re: Yet another Windvane Mod

Post by Gina »

I like this arrangement :-
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