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It’s the end of the anemometer as we know it…

We’ve had really quite cold north-easterly winds for the last few days, and fairly strong with it as there’s absolutely nothing at all to provide shelter from that direction. I noticed the anemometer for my weather station was looking a … Continue reading

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The rain gauge is playing up again :(

When I put it back up things seemed to be going well, but over the last few days the rain gauge has been giving some very strange results. I suspect it has been counting bucket tips when there aren’t any, … Continue reading

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AAG rain gauge repaired

Well, I hope so, at least. A new reed switch arrived and has duly replaced the old one. That turned out not to be too tricky. After unsoldering the original switch I bent the leads so the body of the … Continue reading

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AAG 1-wire rain gauge (TAI-8575) circuit diagram

I’m not going to claim this is absolutely spot on as I’ve reverse-engineered it from the PCB traces which aren’t always easy to make out, but below is my best current idea of the circuit diagram for the PCB inside … Continue reading

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The rain gauge dismantled

I’ve now got the rain gauge down and taken it apart. Possibly I’ve posted photos before, but this is what the guts of it look like: After ungoo-ing the PCB, I’ve come up with a first approximation of the switching … Continue reading

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My rain gauge died again :(

A short while ago my AAG 1-wire rain gauge stopped telling me that rain had fallen at all. The 1-wire device still shows up in Linux and is readable, but the 1-wire counters never change. I’ve checked by dribbling water … Continue reading

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Restoring an AAG rain gauge #2

I’m pleased to say that the rain gauge is now in place and all connected up. It appears to be counting properly (unlike it did when I had it on the desk for testing), but I’ll keep an eye on … Continue reading

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DIY Stevenson screen #4

I’ve been meaning to post this for a while. Just a photo of the Stevenson screen, as complete as it’s going to get for the time being.

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OWFS on a Raspberry Pi

I have an old Raspberry in my Stevenson screen and I’d quite like to hook it up to my 1-wire weather sensors rather than running the 1-wire connection into the observatory to my desktop system there. OWFS looks like it … Continue reading

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A “Crown of Thorns” for my rain gauge

One of the problems with a rain gauge and I think something that had prevented it working properly last time was that it forms a nice little perch for birds who then, err, contrive to block up the holes that … Continue reading

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