Re: Rain Gauge options

[Mal Lansell <mal@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It looks the same as the standard Oregon Scientific rain gauge.  You
can
buy just the collector from some sites, or there are some cheaper
packages here:
http://www.ukweathershop.co.uk/acatalog/oregon_scientific_rain_sub.html

The collector transmits rain data at 433MHz (same as X10, Electrisave
and countless others), and is supported by the RFXCOM receivers (yes,
them again!).  It sends the running total, so even if a packet is missed
because of collisions with other devices, the correct total will get
through eventually.

I just bought the collector bucket myself (i.e. without the display
unit), and it's been working fine here via my RFXCOM receiver and xPL.

HTH

Mal

http://www.xplmonkey.com
http://www.rfxcom.com





Chris Hunter wrote:

> 'thought this interesting :
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacob-Jensen-Weather-Station-Gauge/dp/tech-
> <http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jacob-Jensen-Weather-Station-Gauge/dp/tech->
> data/B0006ZOYB0/ref=de_a_smtd/026-0480521-5943652
>
> 'seems to use the same collector as several others ... difficult to
> be certain ... if so, might be self-emptying ... ??
>
> 'wonder how well they work ... eg: would the heavy rain we've had
> rather a lot of recently have over-loaded it ... and would the
> wireless / radio link between collector & display unit clash with
> other wireless gear ??
>
> 'no idea if linking such things into an HA set-up would be
> possible ... 'though if the collector works on a counting principle,
> maybe that allows an option for a wired connection ?
>
> also noticed an acoustic rain gauge, which sounds (sorry) an
> interesting option :
>
> http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/raingauge/index.php?page=hw
> <http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/raingauge/index.php?page=hw>
>
> 'wonder if feeding the output from an acoustic sensor submerged in a
> pool or pond into some sort of neural net program would work ... ?
>
> Chris
>
>