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    Barometer settings and sea level.

    in Spring Weather Discussion

    Posted · Edited by ukwoody

    Good morning to you all. I eventually got my station up and running after about 9 months!

    Now, not far from here is the Turbot Bouy which gives a sea level baro reading of 1028 this morning.

    1) when I change my station to match that (wmr928nx), why does it not match the following day?

    2) on the station I can set the "sea level", but when the screen reverts to the normal baro display, it is usually about 10mb different. Why? Surely there cannot be that much difference between the sea reading and the normal reading especially when I live in a coastal area?

    Woody www.woodyswoodwork.co.uk/weather.htm

    Weather Station Software

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    Yes indeed. Laptops are very low power and much safer to have on all the time. :)

    Darn it, I actually meant to say about laptops myself. I guess though the difference is actually having the cash to get one in the first place as opposed to paying a bit extra every month on the electric.

    CB, sorry, I couldnt see your posting at the time, should have known when you used the word "attic" :)

    Woody

    Weather Station Software

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    Its just im slightly concerned with overheating ect, fire hazards for example, but i suppose i coupld set up a shut down temp in the BIOS :)

    Cloudburst. I leave my PC on for days at a time, and when you think about it many many pcs are left running for weeks and weeks unattended for one reason or another.

    Certainly the temp cut off would not hurt to be safe, also a cheap fire/smoke alarm wouldn't go amiss if you are that worried.

    If you are in the UK (sorry cant check now), make sure your PC power lead plug has the lowest possible fuse rating in it and NOT a 13 amp one. That way at least it MIGHT blow before too much damage was done, or plug it in using an RCD device. All will certainly help to prevent fire.

    Woody

    Weather Station Software

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    woody explained better than i about cost etc, but regarding anything happening, no it doesn't worry me. the comps are on a power surge protection thingy, the worst that can happen is they go off altogether and i don't send data to my website :)

    Paula, if you dont send data to your website... how is WD updated???

    Oh, and I suppose you dont need to worry about surges there do you, after all, providing you've kept the 6 live haggis you caught full of Whisky, they'll run in that wheel and generate leccy for hours! :)

    woody :)

    Weather Station Software

    in Spring Weather Discussion

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    I ahve a 650 watt PSU on my Pc, how much do you think that would coast 24/7. Also dont you ever get concered about if something went wrong with it and say possed a threat?

    Firstly, take 24 hours and divide by .650 which equals 15.6 That is 15.6kw hrs. Next look at your leccy bill and see how much you are paying for one unit of electricity. That unit should be shown as KW (Or Kw Hrs). So for pure example, If you are paying 10p per unit (Kw Hr) then 15.6 x 10p = £1.56 per day.

    One important thing to remember though is that if you have economy7 meters (White metres) at night you will pay far less per unit, possibly as much as half. So your total cost might only be £1 per day. - dont forget to put your monitor on energy saving mode at night! :doh:

    Regards Woody

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