And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Good idea. We have 2, 1 in the house and 1 in my office, but neither are as elaborate as this one. Ours have a single small box shape transmitter that goes outside the house in the shade. That box has temperature and barometric sensors and it communicates wirelessly with the colorful receiver sitting on the kitchen counter. Fairly accurate with the temp and barometer but the forecast part is mostly wrong. The forecast frequently shows rain when there is not. Best part? Makes the kitchen light up at night like the dashboard on the starship enterprise!
Anyone have an outdoor weather station, this one or a different brand? I wonder about how often it actually needs owner servicing... You know, do things need to be manually reset, emptied or batteries changed, could you just leave it for 6 months and reasonably expect it to be working during that time? I was thinking of putting that in the backyard, turning it on and going to Florida for the winter...
I have a Davis VP2 Weather Station and have had it operational since 2007. The maintenance is minor. I have to clean the rain collector pretty frequently so you want to keep it close and low enough to do that. I have replace a sensor board once and the anemometer for the wind several times. Once I even sent to entire station in for reburb and re-calibration to "official". This station is not "on the cheap" like this station but I know the data I get from it is good and reliable. I have 14 years of data to prove it. If I had to buy another one, there are some very good options out there. I'm not sure how the one in the post compares.
Good idea. We have 2, 1 in the house and 1 in my office, but neither are as elaborate as this one. Ours have a single small box shape transmitter that goes outside the house in the shade. That box has temperature and barometric sensors and it communicates wirelessly with the colorful receiver sitting on the kitchen counter. Fairly accurate with the temp and barometer but the forecast part is mostly wrong. The forecast frequently shows rain when there is not. Best part? Makes the kitchen light up at night like the dashboard on the starship enterprise!
ReplyDeleteAnyone have an outdoor weather station, this one or a different brand?
ReplyDeleteI wonder about how often it actually needs owner servicing... You know, do things need to be manually reset, emptied or batteries changed, could you just leave it for 6 months and reasonably expect it to be working during that time?
I was thinking of putting that in the backyard, turning it on and going to Florida for the winter...
I have a Davis VP2 Weather Station and have had it operational since 2007. The maintenance is minor. I have to clean the rain collector pretty frequently so you want to keep it close and low enough to do that. I have replace a sensor board once and the anemometer for the wind several times. Once I even sent to entire station in for reburb and re-calibration to "official". This station is not "on the cheap" like this station but I know the data I get from it is good and reliable. I have 14 years of data to prove it. If I had to buy another one, there are some very good options out there. I'm not sure how the one in the post compares.
DeleteI prefer the weather rock.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_rock
Bob, I'm with you. No need for me to click on the link!
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