[Nigel]

And again things dragged me away...  However, Two days ago I dragged a large outside cabinet around to the telegraph pole that my sensors are (will be) hung on.  I dug some paving slabs into the turf of the field next to the pole and laid the flags.  Today I anchor bolted the cabinet to the concrete flags and started mounting the full size PV panel on the back of the cabinet.  The small IP rated grey box which was to house everything is now tucked, looking a little lost, in the corner of the cabinet.  I have a leisure lead acid battery on order (I have given up on the Li ion cells I started with).  I have to replace the anemometer as the old one turned itself into a two cup version the new one is sat in the cabinet waiting.  The driving force is to finally get this project out of the house and deployed.  I'm looking forward to not missing out on the rain fall data.  Though I am sounded by reservoirs which have an array of rainfall sensors that are now published for all to see!