North Hill Estates Weather
Weather Station Installation - Part Two
Posted by: N5GVG, 12:55 AM GMT on February 04, 2011 +0
... two weeks pass ...

And my radiation shield has arrived!



the L-bracket is not metal... but we are going to roll with the punches and mount it anway,
I am adding one slight modification



solar powered cooling, this is a small (obviously) 5v fan (.27A) and three 1.5v 200mA solar panels, wired in series

here it is mounted in the bottom of the shield



and this is my super duty attachment of my wiring terminal block to the exterior of the shield



and the "mounting" of the solar panels together, plastic and Gorilla glue were meant for each other



looking down from the top (removed) of the shield at the fan, this is the "LX" version which allows for the fan,
I am not sure this would have fit in the smaller shield even without the fan



and finally mounted to the antenna mast



the panel is facing ESE as that is the position of the sun when I had my highest temperature fluctuations;
I likely will change the mount to elevate the panel but for the winter this will work



I will clean up the wiring after I determine that this really is working; a week's worth of data should reflect success



Look for an update regarding my success with the radiation shield.
 
 
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Weather Station Installation - Part One
Posted by: N5GVG, 12:53 AM GMT on February 04, 2011 +1
Below is a brief (it started brief) explanation of the installation of my weather station.A friend of mine had replaced his weather station with a new unit thinking that the old one was faulty. After having done so, he realized in fact it was not. I was lucky enough to be the recipient of said "old/faulty" weather station.It is a LaCrosse Technology WS-2308ALhttp://www.lacrossetechnology.com/2308/I got it home, tested it again and decided to mount it directly to m...
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