WeatherTracker Programing Question

[Michael Ferguson]

Hi Folks,

Just a couple of notes on the use of these ‘tilting bucket’ type of Rain Gauges …

First, there is a ‘state’ of the sensor where one bucket is almost full enough to tip,
but the rain stops… Some time later, perhaps in the middle of a dry day, the bucket
gets some wind or vibration, and it ‘trips’ … 

This is not a good sensor for absolute detection of Rain…

Next, when one uses the Door/Window security sensor, I have seen cases where it 
was raining so hard that the D/W sensor could not keep up with the ON/OFFs …

Again, not ideal.

But given that these sensors are indeed the ‘standard’, I just deal with it :)

As to protecting the patio Bulb, what would you do if the bulb was already Hot,
and it started raining ?  

michael


> On May 2, 2016, at 5:29 PM, 12508handwork <12508handwork at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> RE: “...I took an X10 door security unit, put alligator clips on each wire, and put the unit inside the Davis rain cup.”
> 
> Very clever and probably just as useful as James idea, but I am of the belief that I either don’t presently have a total list of Vantage Vue/WeatherTracker commands, or the “Rain Hour” command is not yet supported in WeatherTracker, and am waiting to find out from Dean.
> 
> I hope I don’t have to reinvent this wheel. :-)
> 
> I want to do it through the weather station if I can, but if not you and James have a work around.
> 
> 

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