22-08-2018, 23:21
Hi Werk
I tested it last night a bit more closely. It looks like the output voltage does step in 0.02V steps as the speed increases or decreases and it outputs from 0 to 4.8V
It is used as a switch to tilt the solar panels to look straight up if the wind gets too great. Its part of a sun tracking controller for solar panels off ebay. I see you can buy them separetly for about 58 dollars. The inspeed ones cost be about $150 each landed here. I would recommend both the wind direction and anemometer versions they are certainly far better than the davis ones I originally had. My unit up at my farm is working really well. I still have to finish off the one for home. I had CumulusMX working with it all originally but for some reason it crashed when I went to install back at the farm so I just set the weatherduino to do the output to Wunderground. The wifi issue I had that was driving me nuts was the wifi module. Once I replaced it then no issues. The wifi would log onto my router but would not output the data to Wunderground, just replaced the module and it has worked fine since
Mark
I tested it last night a bit more closely. It looks like the output voltage does step in 0.02V steps as the speed increases or decreases and it outputs from 0 to 4.8V
It is used as a switch to tilt the solar panels to look straight up if the wind gets too great. Its part of a sun tracking controller for solar panels off ebay. I see you can buy them separetly for about 58 dollars. The inspeed ones cost be about $150 each landed here. I would recommend both the wind direction and anemometer versions they are certainly far better than the davis ones I originally had. My unit up at my farm is working really well. I still have to finish off the one for home. I had CumulusMX working with it all originally but for some reason it crashed when I went to install back at the farm so I just set the weatherduino to do the output to Wunderground. The wifi issue I had that was driving me nuts was the wifi module. Once I replaced it then no issues. The wifi would log onto my router but would not output the data to Wunderground, just replaced the module and it has worked fine since
Mark