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    SE, London & EA - Weather Discussion

    in SE, London and East Anglia Weather Discussion

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    Woke up and birds were in full voice, they've now gone eerily quiet. Hoping the Oak tree that survived the 87 storm gets through this one, we lost six of our seven oaks in 87. Remember waking up to be told no school today then a day later going for a walk with my dad and brother up Knole Park and seeing the devastating number of trees lost  then to the Vine cricket ground where the seven oaks stood to see only one left standing.

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    Bresser stations any good?

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    2 minutes ago, Mandrake said:

    Dont get too hung up about placement. Ideally the wind anemometer needs as high as possible, the rain gauge about a foot from the ground and not obscured, the temperature sensor about 1-2m and over green surface etc. There are placement guides. Now clearly you cannot meet this with an all in one sensor so really all you can do is place it in the best location you can find. I have my sensors on angled aerial brackets on the side of the garage. Not perfect by any means but it gives me relative readings in my location for me!

    You will also have to remember that periodically you will need to replace the backup batteries (at least every 2 years) and routinely check the rain gauge for stray crap/leaves/bird guano which will all block the operation. So putting it in a place you can get at it is also important. The all in one sensor also ideally needs to be in as sunny a location as possible as it runs for as much of its time from the solar panel and a super capacitor.

    There is a excellent support forum for all the ecowitt stations and their clones here where you can learn heaps.

     

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    Thank you, I will give them a read as not buying till April

    Bresser stations any good?

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    3 minutes ago, Mandrake said:

    The Ventus is a base level station and will get you in at the ground level. It is in fact a rebadged version of the Ecowitt WS2910. 

    You can find the manual here: https://osswww.ecowitt.net/uploads/20200923/2607a385984df34004a69f5d5f0d2b23.pdf

    It does have its limitations however as the display console only supports the standard bi/tri-wing all in one sensors. If you are likely to want to add sensors and get more into weather station activities I would encourage you to look at the Watson 8686. This has a superior screen and allows pretty much any additional sensor that Ecowitt makes to be displayed. The Ecowitt manual for this model can be found here:

    https://osswww.ecowitt.net/uploads/20200921/c22d73bcd5522cda0d266cb8a9d1b4dd.pdf

    At the end of the day it will come down to how much you want to spend and how likely you will want additional sensors.

    Thanks. I'll have a look at the watson one. 

    Can I ask about placement, does it have to be a certain hight etc, I've got a small garden with a tree that overhangs from the outside in the nw corner, a field at north at the back and next doors garden too the east. I'm thinking of putting on the fence at the north end 

    Bresser stations any good?

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    On 29/12/2020 at 20:46, vizzy2004 said:

    I tested one of these a while ago against my Davis VP2 and safe to say I sent it straight back, temperature readings were as much as 3c higher than the Davis station in sunny calm conditions. I would highly recommend a Ventus W830 from Weather Spares. Same as the one Kirkcaldy Weather posted above but with console, I own around 20 of these and have tested vs my Davis station and there’s nothing between them. 
     

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    Hi I was just browsing this thread and came across your post. I'm looking at getting a station and did pick the Davis Vantage Vue with the live stuff etc as my first choice, however after seeing you recommend the W830 I went and had a look and seeing the Ventus W830 at half the price of the Vue and with free online accounts and excellent reviews its has made me do a rethink and I'm most likely get the W830 so thank you.

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