Hi, just saw this thread, thanks for the information. I have now bought one for $88.88 plus $25 registered post. Have a Davis unit in the house, this one will go in the shed. Regards Mark
Here you go proof of concept, uploaded to my web server. The WD software in the earlier link is very comprehensive, I just guessed at a couple of options. Take a peek at the weather in my location at http://tamarvalley.boldlygoingnowhere.org/myweather.htm. The page is uncustomised , just as the WD software has generated.
LOL Phil, looking at all those graphs, you remind me of Gene Kranz..... "Gentleman, failure is not an option....it will be clear tonight"
Not my work, that's what comes out as an automatically generated page from the Weather Display software I downloaded. It's possible to take as much or as little data as you want, I just need to take some time to work out how.
Andrew,
There are more at (close to) this price. I just bought one at $113 but that includes $25 for shipping (even though shipping by AusPost wont be more that $9 )
There are two sellers of this on eBay, try a search on 'weather' to find them. There are some at a 'Buy Now' price of $88 plus shipping and a number of them on standard auctions at much lower prices - but some time until the auction closes.
I hope this post doesn't affect the price too much
My apologies Geoff, I forgot to thank you for the info.
I tried
any ol' fashion barometers about that anyone knows.. preferably to suit said "poverty"-level budget ??
Dunno about spendin' yer way out; I seem to be spendin' me way in!
Leastways a flamin' weatherstation (home one, that is) ain't on my books: I've already got hi-tech radar and satellite imaging an lots of other bells and whistles online at the friendly BoM site - the radar unit's tower doubles as an alignment target, sitting as it does up there on top of the hills, just 2 Km away as the crow flies: talk about real-time local info!!! (up-dated every 5 minutes)
Not my work, that's what comes out as an automatically generated page from the Weather Display software I downloaded. It's possible to take as much or as little data as you want, I just need to take some time to work out how.
G'day, Phil. I've used Weather Display for a couple of years now with my el-cheapo La Crosse 3600. No - it wasn't cheap, but any Davis owner will tell you that it is.
The program has so many variables and bells and whistles it's easy to get lost. The support on the related forum (when you do get lost) is fantastic. There are a couple of add-ons as well (I use Weather Display Live). Given the capabilities of both those programs I reckon they are cheap.
Should you decide to use the program, then I wish you all the best. I don't think you will find a better result for the dollars spent.
*edit*
Please don't take my site as a true example of what one can do. Being something of a minimalist I've done my best to present facts and figures and not involved myself in dressing it up.
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Back from the shack, it was good to see how much rain we had.
John, I already have WD running although I need to spend some time and do some serious adjustment. One thing that I have noticed and will be addressing is that the outdoor temp/hygro/baro tends to pick up some heat from direct sunshine, I'll be trying to do something about that, perhaps a spray of white paint over the cover will minise the heat gain and I will be siting the outdoor temp somewhere where it's mostly in shade.
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Phil,
If there is overheating, it may be that the enclosure for the temp/hygro sensor is too small. Here are the instructions for making a larger enclosure - known as a Stevenson Screen.
[Still waiting for the eBay seller to respond on how I pay for my weatherstation.]
Thanks Geoff, I'll be knocking up a larger enclosure I suspect. It may be that the PC software has some bugginess when it comes to calculating rain data, I'm fairly certain the data is collected correctly, it's just the interpretation by Easyweather that's slightly out. I will upload my data to Excel and check when I get the chance. So far I'm very impressed, for so little money, it's a great little gadget.
Got word today that my weatherstation has been shipped (bought via ebay thanks to info in this thread). Thanks for the heads up on this what appears to be a great bargain! I can't wait to get it installed when it arrives.
I've just picked mine up from the post office, assembled it and so far, I've managed to set the time.
Now I need to find a WIndows PC so I can try out the software.
Now where is that laptop?....
Edit: Installed (temporary) on the clothes line. Now all I need is some rain and wind to test.
OMG! What am I saying
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Installed (temporary) on the clothes line. Now all I need is some rain and wind to test.
The day I installed mine (temporaily as well) it bucketed down on several days and we had more rain than we've had in a long time. After checking the easyweather data (PC) I can confirm that there is a small bug in the PC software. The rainfall bucket graphics and figures associated with the buckets are incorrect. Looking at the history data there seems to be some kind of anomoly in the rainfall data, hopefully it will be rectified in future releases of the software.
Good news is that the station readouts and the PC rainfall hourly/24hr/weekly/monthly/total figures however are correct, so the inaccuracy in the buckets is of no consequence.
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