@sharkguy95 The weather instruments won't take up too much space,it depends on how you want to mount the instruments,on the roof or a pole etc.The rain guage could be mounted on a fence and the temperature sensor/transmitter could be mounted on a north wall or under a overhang to give a more acurate reading out of direct sun,as long as you can position the solar panel/transmitter to receive sunlight,there is about 10 feet of cable beteween the temperature sensor and the solar panel/transmitter.
Well now my weather station is on an aluminum fence post. I have grounded it because the fence post is close to the utilities in the back yard. Their is a grounding rod their, so I wired the fence post to the grounding rod. But i'm still woried if the sensor will be okay. Because lightning can fry the sensors in a fraction of a second.
Yep, lightning can do damage that's for sure,I wouldn't worry too much about lightning hitting it unless you have very frequent storms,this was the first time that I've had a problem with lightning and I have had weather instruments for over 20 years.
continued comment; for the wmr100a their are replacments basically a conversion to wmr100n which has a different sensor set up only from what iv heard the new wmr100 sensors don't work like the original so i can't really replace the sensor but my weather station is doing great i can pray that lightning doesn't hit it
That's unfortunate that the cups and wind vane were damaged,hopefully your repair will last a long time. I was lucky that my mast was only hit by a small side branch of the main lightning bolt,the neighbour's tree that it hit wasn't so lucky.
i had a simular incident two weeks ago only it wasn't as bad as the sensors being hit by lightning but i was changing the batteries i have a wmr100 well the sensor was on top but not properly onto the top of the mast the pole giggled and the sensor droped 14 ft to the ground hitting it cup side down the cups and wind vane shattered the sensor still worked with in 20 minutes i fixed the sensor like new with hot glue but your lucky if my sensor gets hit by lightning their are no replacements
A small branch off of a large very close lightning strike struck my wind instrument mast today (July 25,2009) and fried the instruments unfortunately.
Update: Luckily I was able to replace the modular plug that connects the anemometer/winvane to the transmitter and press the reset and got it working again! Saved $90.00 on the cost for a new anemometer/windvane and transmitter.Good thing it's all wireless otherwise the indoor console could have been toast.
Nicely done, you have everything in its proper places.
quester57 1 year ago
@quester57 Thank you!
photocontrol 1 year ago
i live in an area with a homeowners association and my back yard is like surrounded by trees..... :(
wow1022 1 year ago
I'm trying to get my hands on this... But the problem I have, is where in the world am i going to put all this stuff...
sharkguy95 1 year ago
@sharkguy95 The weather instruments won't take up too much space,it depends on how you want to mount the instruments,on the roof or a pole etc.The rain guage could be mounted on a fence and the temperature sensor/transmitter could be mounted on a north wall or under a overhang to give a more acurate reading out of direct sun,as long as you can position the solar panel/transmitter to receive sunlight,there is about 10 feet of cable beteween the temperature sensor and the solar panel/transmitter.
photocontrol 1 year ago
Well now my weather station is on an aluminum fence post. I have grounded it because the fence post is close to the utilities in the back yard. Their is a grounding rod their, so I wired the fence post to the grounding rod. But i'm still woried if the sensor will be okay. Because lightning can fry the sensors in a fraction of a second.
mckTXaws101 2 years ago
Yep, lightning can do damage that's for sure,I wouldn't worry too much about lightning hitting it unless you have very frequent storms,this was the first time that I've had a problem with lightning and I have had weather instruments for over 20 years.
photocontrol 2 years ago
continued comment; for the wmr100a their are replacments basically a conversion to wmr100n which has a different sensor set up only from what iv heard the new wmr100 sensors don't work like the original so i can't really replace the sensor but my weather station is doing great i can pray that lightning doesn't hit it
mckTXaws101 2 years ago
That's unfortunate that the cups and wind vane were damaged,hopefully your repair will last a long time. I was lucky that my mast was only hit by a small side branch of the main lightning bolt,the neighbour's tree that it hit wasn't so lucky.
photocontrol 2 years ago
i had a simular incident two weeks ago only it wasn't as bad as the sensors being hit by lightning but i was changing the batteries i have a wmr100 well the sensor was on top but not properly onto the top of the mast the pole giggled and the sensor droped 14 ft to the ground hitting it cup side down the cups and wind vane shattered the sensor still worked with in 20 minutes i fixed the sensor like new with hot glue but your lucky if my sensor gets hit by lightning their are no replacements
mckTXaws101 2 years ago
Also the mast the wind instruments are mounted to is well grounded,it should help protect it from damage.
photocontrol 2 years ago
A small branch off of a large very close lightning strike struck my wind instrument mast today (July 25,2009) and fried the instruments unfortunately.
photocontrol 2 years ago
Ouch!...that sucks Bad!
form109 2 years ago
Update: Luckily I was able to replace the modular plug that connects the anemometer/winvane to the transmitter and press the reset and got it working again! Saved $90.00 on the cost for a new anemometer/windvane and transmitter.Good thing it's all wireless otherwise the indoor console could have been toast.
photocontrol 2 years ago