[johnmw1]

Hi Palmy Weather, greetings from across the ditch.

Yes you did seem to know your way around a circuit board that's for sure.

Nah I have absolutely no knowledge of electronics full stop, so I'm probably busted to start with, but I take your point about getting a kit or something from Jaycar to have a bit of a play.

Will probably give Werk_AG a PM to see if he can get me started with the boards.

I tell you I have been reading up on this for weeks to try and get my head around it all, as it's not only the electronic side of things, but also trying to find the best place to actually buy all the outside sensors etc + also trying to understand Cumulus and how it all ties in together.

I do like the way you set up your outside enclosure with the added solar array and batteries etc, and just love how you have used your vent pipe on the roof to attach your mast to.

That is another dilema for me as to where to actually set it all up outside, as I live on top of a hill facing a vast open area of land direct to the sea, which is where most of our weather comes from.

So much so that we had a wind gust last week during a storm recorded at 96kms (from a nearby station) which flattened my back fence and it ended up in the bottom of the pool. I think the gust was probably stronger as it snapped the welds clean off my fence posts at the base. It was pretty dangerous here for awhile as there were bits of iron and fence panel flying everywhere, but we survived.

Palmy your post has been very helpful indeed.

Cheers,
John