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OTA Rain Gauge

I received the rain sensor yesterday. Opened it and all looked ok after transit. Did some initial testing this afternoon and discovered that the reed switch was faulty. Thanks to the design of this equipment, replacemet was pretty straight forward, and didn't take too long. Have posted a photo below showing the terminal block with the reed switch and the connections. Had to do a mechanical calibration to balance the see-saw, and all is now balanced and silky smooth. Did a quick test and confirmed that 33 tips of the buckets showed as 10ml on the WeatherDuino station. Over the weekend I'll do some calibration testing with measured water, per JT's advice and instruction - many thanks....

Shall keep you updated as build progresses.

Mark R

               

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