22-06-2015, 11:21
After some reasonable rainfall on different days two weeks ago, I yielded poor results on my sensor. It was mostly 50% behind my manual rain gauge. The manual gauge was spot on each time with another station located further up my street.
I have just taken delivery of a replacement sensor, this time bought from another supplier. The thing that stands out with the new one when I opened the funnel, is that the magnet protrudes out of its holder in the buckets, and is positioned very close to the reed switch chamber. On the previous one, the magnet is molded into the buckets, and not positioned so close to the reed chamber. The magnet is not even visible.
I have changed them over, and will now await some precipitation for the first test. We are forecast for possible showers later in the week.
I have just taken delivery of a replacement sensor, this time bought from another supplier. The thing that stands out with the new one when I opened the funnel, is that the magnet protrudes out of its holder in the buckets, and is positioned very close to the reed switch chamber. On the previous one, the magnet is molded into the buckets, and not positioned so close to the reed chamber. The magnet is not even visible.
I have changed them over, and will now await some precipitation for the first test. We are forecast for possible showers later in the week.