Re: Rain Gauge options

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

great, thanks ... 'might give it a go myself ...

Chris


On 23 Jun 2007, at 10:57, Mal Lansell wrote:

> It looks the same as the standard Oregon Scientific rain gauge.
> You can
> buy just the collector from some sites, or there are some cheaper
> packages here:
> http://www.ukweathershop.co.uk/acatalog/
> oregon_scientific_rain_sub.html
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> The collector transmits rain data at 433MHz (same as X10, Electrisave
> and countless others), and is supported by the RFXCOM receivers (yes,
> them again!).  It sends the running total, so even if a packet is
> missed
> because of collisions with other devices, the correct total will get
> through eventually.
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> I just bought the collector bucket myself (i.e. without the display
> unit), and it's been working fine here via my RFXCOM receiver and xPL.
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> HTH
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> Mal
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> http://www.xplmonkey.com
> http://www.rfxcom.com
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> Chris Hunter wrote:
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>> 'thought this interesting :
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>> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacob-Jensen-Weather-Station-Gauge/dp/tech-
>> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacob-Jensen-Weather-Station-Gauge/dp/tech->
>> data/B0006ZOYB0/ref=de_a_smtd/026-0480521-5943652
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>> 'seems to use the same collector as several others ... difficult
to
>> be certain ... if so, might be self-emptying ... ??
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>> 'wonder how well they work ... eg: would the heavy rain we've had
>> rather a lot of recently have over-loaded it ... and would the
>> wireless / radio link between collector & display unit clash
with
>> other wireless gear ??
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>> 'no idea if linking such things into an HA set-up would be
>> possible ... 'though if the collector works on a counting
principle,
>> maybe that allows an option for a wired connection ?
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>> also noticed an acoustic rain gauge, which sounds (sorry) an
>> interesting option :
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>> http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/raingauge/index.php?page=hw
>> <http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/raingauge/index.php?page=hw>
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>> 'wonder if feeding the output from an acoustic sensor submerged in
a
>> pool or pond into some sort of neural net program would work ... ?
>>
>> Chris
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