What is this?
Jan 23, 2021 13:27:21 #
TallTree wrote:
In addition, it may be connected to internet sending reports from this location. There are to numerous to mention available from a host of places. Go on Underground weather and find out if your location is listed as a reporting location.
Very likely it has internet connection. I installed a similar one (also Accurite) at my company production plant. It has internet connection via wifi. It's wireless and does have solar power. I installed it as per request of the City because they want to know whenever we have heavy rain fall and they go out and check our sewage water.
Jan 23, 2021 13:44:55 #
Jan 23, 2021 13:59:24 #
AndyT wrote:
It is attached to a light pole in an apartment complex. The spinning mechanism must be powering something. A timer perhaps?
It’s a secret spy device to read the minds of everyone who passes by and reports questionable thoughts for investigation.
Jan 23, 2021 14:57:17 #
Reuss Griffiths
Loc: Ravenna, Ohio
BebuLamar wrote:
Very likely that it's made in China. Very unlikely that it's made in the USA. It could be made in some other far East country but China is likely. So what? You are too paranoid.
One thing it could be checking for is sense of humor or lack thereof.
Jan 23, 2021 14:59:33 #
Reuss Griffiths wrote:
One thing it could be checking for is sense of humor or lack thereof.
Jan 23, 2021 15:10:29 #
The batteries are typically to power the transmitter that sends a burst of information to the receiver about once/minute. The solar panel powers a small fan that blows air across a sensor that measures relative humidity. Batteries in mine last about a year. The range for the transmitter is about 100’ The more advance ones can send via wifi to an application that can make this data available to anyone. Here in Raleigh, we have about 20-30 personal weather stations on the web so that you can see rainfall, temp, wind, etc at various locations throughout the city. They are very useful and have settable warnings for low temp, high winds, heavy rain, etc.
Jan 23, 2021 15:42:43 #
Those things or more elaborate ones are scattered all over in some places. One school I taught at had a much bigger one on the roof of the tallest building. The city were I live has one on the old city hall, the new city hall and at the airport plus other locations.
They are branch weather stations of a sort. Not some hobbyist's toy. Either the state, national or some college/university weather bureau, maybe even a local radio or TV station's news/weather department.
They are branch weather stations of a sort. Not some hobbyist's toy. Either the state, national or some college/university weather bureau, maybe even a local radio or TV station's news/weather department.
Jan 23, 2021 15:47:40 #
Longshadow wrote:
Correct.
(But I said nothing about hard-wired.)
But it was stated that the HOA/HRA/... rules disallow stuff hanging outside.
(But I said nothing about hard-wired.)
But it was stated that the HOA/HRA/... rules disallow stuff hanging outside.
They are often on a grid pattern. If the state or local government says you will have a weather station in this location then the HOA has no say about it.
Jan 23, 2021 15:49:04 #
Remote weather recording station. We have one similar to that at our house. Records rainfall, temperature and wind speed and direction. Shows the current wind speed and the highest gust in the previous 8 hours. (for our station, others may be different)
Jan 23, 2021 16:10:37 #
robertjerl wrote:
They are often on a grid pattern. If the state or local government says you will have a weather station in this location then the HOA has no say about it.
But maybe not for a personal one.
Jan 23, 2021 16:20:46 #
rwww80a
Loc: Hampton, NH
Some people don't believe in "fake news" and associated weather reports. Others don't understand how to look out the window.
Could be the installer took meteorology as a minor in college.
You can buy weather stations at Walmart, they don't cost that much.
Could be the installer took meteorology as a minor in college.
You can buy weather stations at Walmart, they don't cost that much.
Jan 23, 2021 16:26:50 #
rwww80a wrote:
... Others don't understand how to look out the window.
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But doing so won't tell you the wind speed, wind direction, temperature, humidity.
Jan 23, 2021 16:44:26 #
So here are a couple pics I took of our weather station. One shows the unit mounted on a board, attached to the roof of our shed in the back yard. The other is of the display unit in the house. You can see what’s showing, however it can be programmed to show other information. This is just where we keep it. It’ll show trends, etc., if you want. I just noticed that I need to reset the time to reflect the proper time of the day. It should be 11:49 am, not pm.
Jan 23, 2021 17:27:13 #
MrBossHK
Loc: The West Valley of Phoenix metro area
Longshadow wrote:
Surprised they don't spec any solar power to offset/recharge lithium batteries.
Wonder how long (4) AAs last.
Wonder how long (4) AAs last.
My weather station has 4 Duracell AA batteries which have been installed since 1 August 2020, and are still going strong. It does receive some solar power to augment the battery power on sunny days or days with minimal cloud cover. The batteries are lasting much longer than I had expected them to last.
Jan 23, 2021 18:00:37 #
AndyT wrote:
It is attached to a light pole in an apartment complex. The spinning mechanism must be powering something. A timer perhaps?
It's a home weather monitoring station for amateur meteorologists. Often these are connected via internet to a network of weather watchers and you will often see reports of very local weather conditions on the evening news. Pretty cool - crowd-sourced weather reporting :)
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