Re: Outdoor temperature sensor . . .`

["Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx>]

"natchmo" <nomorejunkthanx@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

> I've got an "Atomic Clock" (La Crosse brand) which has an outdoor
> temperature sensor. It seemed to be working OK, then the outdoor
temperature
> stopped working. I replaced the batteries in the sensor, and the clock,
and
> left the clock off for a few minutes to reset, then went through the
proper
> procedure to restart the clock by having the temp sensor going, then
> restarting the clock, waiting for it to read the outdoor temperature
before
> setting the time, etc.

If it's like my LaCrosse clock (it automatically sets the time according to
radio broadcasts and projects the time on the ceiling with a small laser) it
has a tiny hole for a paper clip reset on the back (right below and between
the "SET" and "DISP" buttons).  Does yours have such a reset?

It also sounds like someone close by might have a similar unit and you are
reading the temperature from their unit although the registration procedure
is supposed to avoid that.  It seems as if you may have registered someone
else's transmission.  How close are the nearest neighbors?  How big was the
store you bought it in?  I got mine at Target about two Christmases ago and
I know they moved hundreds of them - and then stopped carrying them because
there were so many returns.

If the sender was in a place where it got wet, it could have shorted out and
gone hinky.  The remotes aren't nearly as well sealed as the RadioShack
weather sensors or the X-10 outdoor Hawkeye sensors.  IIRC, they aren't
sealed at all.

Mine usually goes blank where the outdoor temp. is supposed to be.  It
sounds like yours is reading a room temperature somewhere (put another
thermometer next to it to make sure it's not YOUR room temperature).

If you're is like mine, there's an annoying and painfully specific
"registration" sequence.  They also require you to set the time manually at
first, which, in my mind, pretty much defeats the purpose of buying a clock
"you never have to set!"

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Bobby G.