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The wife said I could buy a new rain bucket for my B-day.  

While I am happy with the FO wind gauges, the FO rain gauge is not very sensitive. We've been getting a lot of 100% humidity nights lately and my ambient weather weather station is measuring the collected dew from the fog we've been getting, and nothing from the FO. We had some slight rain and the FO did not get enough to tip, but the ambient weather gauge tipped and measured the small amount we got. So I want to replace the FO rain bucket. Yes, I put a bubble level on the FO and it is level.

I do, however, have a requirement if I am going to replace the rain bucket. It needs to be able to be heated. There is a thread on another site where they used a relatively inexpensive heating element for reptile cages and they used it to heat the Davis rain bucket to melt the snow and measure it's water quantity. Davis changed their rain bucket design to some aero-shape so I don't know if the reptile heater thing will fit.

I am open to any suggestions and input on options, but please no "research grade" buckets that cost hundreds of dollars, LOL.

[hornychz]

The wife said I could buy a new rain bucket for my B-day.  

Congratulations! Happy man!

I am open to any suggestions and input on options, but please no "research grade" buckets that cost hundreds of dollars, LOL.

Those who like me are worth $ 1,200 above ...

But I invented my own - area of 50 cm2, heated ... commercial basis, but unfortunately it no longer drop by 3/4 of the year, and still
have nothing to show ...

[danner]

Thanks!

Looks like the only reasonable options that wont break the bank are the Davis rain gauges.

[danner]

Anyone know anything about the Rainwise RGP? I'd post a link but I might get auto-banned by the system so. :-)

It's an 8" bucket and it comes in 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.25mm, or 0.1". Can't find the price though.

I've read too many complaints about the Davis rain buckets needing to be calibrated when brand new. And I don't necessarily need a heated bucket since I measure snow with a ruler.

[tobyportugal]

Anyone know anything about the Rainwise RGP? I'd post a link but I might get auto-banned by the system so. :-)

It's an 8" bucket and it comes in 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.25mm, or 0.1". Can't find the price though.

I've read too many complaints about the Davis rain buckets needing to be calibrated when brand new. And I don't necessarily need a heated bucket since I measure snow with a ruler.

Hello,

Do you speak about this one?
http://www.rainwise.com/products/detail..../index.php
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Davis is precise. It should simply well be gauged. The method is long and irritating.
If that interests, I can poster the method.
But much of people forget a precise calibration does not have any value if that is not to compare with a manual pluviometer.



One needs a comparison over several weeks to refine the volume of calibration of Davis (4.2ml - > 3.6ml according to wear).

If you want more precision/less calibration it is necessary to go to see the models calibrated with certification of calibration (Mécanique&Precis, Delta,…) but it is not the same price… 800/1000€.

[danner]

Do you speak about this one?

It looks like the same bucket, but I don't think the RGP has a digital counter.
This is the link http://www.rainwise.com/products/detail....search.php

[tobyportugal]

Hi

Even technical that Davis (contact ILS + troughs rocking) if I understood well.

Not much of information available!!
Price?

A photograph of the interior interests me. (If you find…)

Thank you

[danner]

Hi

Even technical that Davis (contact ILS + troughs rocking) if I understood well.

Not much of information available!!
Price?

A photograph of the interior interests me. (If you find…)

Thank you

It sounds exactly like the other models, but without the digital counters.

Don't know the price, however, I have contacted the company and requested a quote.

As for the 0.1mm, 0.2mm, 0.25mm, or 0.1" buckets available, I assume each have their own idiosyncrasies? 0.1mm might read a light rain better, but have some loss in a heavy rain, or something like that. I will probably order one in 0.2mm since that seems pretty standard everywhere. Unless someone has a different opinion?

[werk_ag]

I'm not the best person to talk about this, but 0.2mm seems an equilibrated choice.
If you go for an 0.2mm rain gauge, the rain multiplier on Cumulus should be keep at its default value, which is 1.

[danner]

Thank you for the info.