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Weather Station Hardware => AcuRite Weather Stations => Topic started by: LakeGuyNE on January 30, 2018, 11:35:03 AM
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Good day,
I purchased the remote battery pack for the AcuRite 5 in 1 system. The battery compartment has two (2) banks for AA batteries. It says if I replace only one bank at a time the sensor will not lose any data.
Question: Is the battery pack/sensor 3V DC then? I am looking at replacing the battery pack with a DC power adapter.
Question: How long with the unit run with fresh AA batteries stored in a shed and run to the sensor?
Thank you
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Good day,
I purchased the remote battery pack for the AcuRite 5 in 1 system. The battery compartment has two (2) banks for AA batteries. It says if I replace only one bank at a time the sensor will not lose any data.
Question: Is the battery pack/sensor 3V DC then? I am looking at replacing the battery pack with a DC power adapter.
Question: How long with the unit run with fresh AA batteries stored in a shed and run to the sensor?
Thank you
It's a 3V system.
Batteries typically last 18 to 24 months. I change mine every year (Lithium) in the fall just to be sure so I don't have them die during bad winter weather.
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Thank you for the information. I think I will do the same thing you are doing rather than replace the battery pack (at least for now).
Can you tell me what other attachments would be good for the 5 in 1? I would like it to display on the indoor unit or on WUnderground. I live on a lake and I use a Lacrosse water probe to get the water temp.
I could install a soil temp.
Thank you
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Thank you for the information. I think I will do the same thing you are doing rather than replace the battery pack (at least for now).
Can you tell me what other attachments would be good for the 5 in 1? I would like it to display on the indoor unit or on WUnderground. I live on a lake and I use a Lacrosse water probe to get the water temp.
I could install a soil temp.
Thank you
Acurite does have some soil and water temperature probes, but they don't provide a way to send that data to wunderground. At this time you would have to use third-party software to collect the information from the probes and send that data to wunderground. Features such as this *might* be added to the new Access product, but there's really no way to say for sure.
What software to do that is kind of a toss-up at the moment since the new Access came out and most 3rd party software is not yet compatible.