[Watson W8686 Clone of HP2550 Fine-Offset]

8 hours ago, Mandrake said:

If everything else from your all in one sensor is updating OK, wind. temp, solar output etc then I would suspect that either the tipper is 'sticky' or you have a failure.

I personally have had an issue one summer where the bucket someho got coated ins something sticky and effectively glued the bucket in place. Whenever I checked and manually tipped the bucket it registered as OK but then 'stuck' itself again. Fortunely with a bit of WD40 around the hinges I managed to resolve the issue and its been fine since.

In your case however it is possible for the rain gauge to have failed and you will have to investigate to establish that.

One other option that you have is to reset the outdoor sensor. You will find a pin hole on the underneath to do that and once done you may need to reregister the outdoor sensor with your console again.

Thanks for the advice. Appreciate you taking the time to reply. I’ll give the Wd40 a go, check my firmware is up to date and then try the rest option. One of those has got to work!

[Watson W8686 Clone of HP2550 Fine-Offset]

Hi, 

First time posting so apologies if this is the wrong place.

I have had the Watson W8686 for about 3 months now and has all been working fine. However, today the rain gauge doesn't seem to be reporting properly. I've checked the unit for leaves etc and the tipping unit seems to be tipping ok. When I tip it manually it registers 0.3mm rainfall on my console. However, today it has absolutely hammered down with rain and my console is showing nothing (apart from 0.3mm from when I tipped it myself). What's going on?! 

Any thoughts or advice would be much appreciated! 

Chris