![]() While Davis is the elephant in the room, there are certainly more things they could do to ramp up quality. Yes, it had a solar until a nearby lightning strike took it out (but the TWI kept on, same tower) but with lightning who knows. Otherwise they put up with everything and keep on ticking. I can't help but say that the RainWises that I have are very nice pieces of equipment, and I, too, lament that there isn't a solar function with them. My system is pretty tuned up and other than an induced noise problem which I'm working on is stable and accurate. I'm hoping Davis finally releases the next greatest thing soon. This is a tough one, since the only station that is offering solar integrated seems to be Davis and Texas Weather Instruments, which run a bit more. Rainfall is mostly a social topic while chatting with the neighbors. In severe weather I know what I need to know: its nasty outside! The unit will primarily be used to help judge good days to do prairie burns - so RH, Temp, Wind speed & direction, and pressure change rates are key. We get fibre to the house this summer! Basically, I'll do what is reasonable to keep it up, but am not too worried about a multi-day outage if a backhoe operator goes nuts and forgets to call dig-rite (he/she will be having a much worse day than I will - since he/she will be responsible for the repair cost). ![]() Only exception is surveying flags - those they like to pull out of the ground and toss around.Įventually I'll have a solar power supplemented office (with a backup generator), so not too worried about Internet outages. Be that the tractor bucket, a fence post, a fallen tree (after they eat the leaves) or a stake in the ground. Like yours, if its there, they will rub against it. "most accurate"? Remember I'm looking for the basics + UV and Solar influx.Īlso thanks for the reminders about my cows. Thanks! Any suggestions on units that are "good enough" vs. Other option being considered is a Davis VP2, but that appears to require several components to integrate to Wunderground (Ambient sells a package with an Airbridge, a Weatherbridge, and something called a USBEXTAA5DSK (no clue, unless its just a sdram chip and USB adapter).Īm I close? Am I throwing money away? Does the extra accuracy of a Rainwise worth any premium (and its not clear there is one over the Davis by the time you add in all the extras needed to connect to WU, but obviously both are much more expensive than many basic systems.). Don't really need the leaf moisture meter. Then I would need to add their solar radiation pyranometer and a UV sensor.Īlternative would be a Rainwise AgroMET plus UV sensor. ![]() I'm guessing a Rainwise MK-III RTI-LR, plus IP-100, and a mono mount (which will work fine for mounting it on a fence corner-post - its a small cattle ranch, so lots of those to choose from). Only caveat is the ability to grab extra data like the above solar influx sporadically (or have it log to a memory chip). Wunderground on my PC, or the app on my iPad, will be just fine. That means via Newegg or Amazon, likely Amazon, or a smaller shop willing to diversify payment methods.ĭon't need: Internal display panel. Very nice to have: Ability to pay with bitcoin. Have a year or two of local data would help in the associated sizing exercise for that future project. I keep finding myself toying with supplementing my farm office with solar, perhaps just to run some deep freezers. Also have a older Linux server available that runs 7x24 very reliably. I would think that would be better than depending on my Windows box being up. I actually have several spare Raspberry PIs I could dedicate if that would help. Connects fine and stays connected, ideally with as few extra components (which will, someday, break - everything does!) as possible. Needs: must integrate well with Wunderground, e.g. I'm ok mounting an external antenna on an external wall and running a cable if absolutely necessary. ![]() Needs: solar powered and can communicate inside a tin covered house. Rainwisenet makes that pretty easy to do. Biggest concern is "which one" and getting all the right parts to integrate it with Wunderground, perhaps NEWA if they are collecting data from Missouri, and others as the urge happens. I'm leaning towards a Rainwise system over a Davis, in part because they appear more accurate, and connect to rainwisenet via a single adapter (IP-100). Although I could place a receiver near a window, or in an outdoor protected box, I'd prefer to install it closer to my office where all the Internet stuff is. The farm house is tin covered, so that is a bit of a concern. I'm reasonably tech savvy and handy with tools. There isn't a weather station within 15 miles of my farm that is part of Wunderground. New to the forum and this looked like the perfect subboard to post on. ![]()
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