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Title: 6152 cabled - anemometer direction error
Post by: ullises on October 10, 2017, 04:07:35 AM
 [ You are not allowed to view attachments ] Hi guys , i got this Davis6152 cabled since 2008
Anemometer shows corect wind speed , but for a week now direction is pointing north and nort-east....
Strangest thing , i see on console , as i get 1 impuls on every 2.5 seconds from anemometer ...
...it goes 10 times north , 1 time NE  , 10 times North , 1 time NE , and so on.....
Could this be a cable problem ....its 40 meters long (original cable , 30meters + 10 meters , very well isolated , its going trough a plastic tube that protects it) , but the wind speed is correct so ....
any help much apreciated

weather display is at
 http://meteoconstanta.ro
 http://meteoconstanta.ro/page15.html
Title: Re: 6152 cabled - anemometer direction error
Post by: ullises on October 11, 2017, 08:55:22 AM
Thats how it looks ....
Title: Re: 6152 cabled - anemometer direction error
Post by: Mattk on October 11, 2017, 04:30:23 PM
Those images look a bit sick, how old is the anemometer?
Title: Re: 6152 cabled - anemometer direction error
Post by: johnd on October 11, 2017, 04:33:50 PM
Those images look a bit sick, how old is the anemometer?

If it's the original then it's 9 years old. Time for pensioning off!
Title: Re: 6152 cabled - anemometer direction error
Post by: ullises on October 12, 2017, 03:28:22 AM
i give it a try to an electronic repair center....
yes , its 8 years old....2 times opened and repaired for not showing the speed
i guess its time for a new one (its been 8 years near the Black Sea in windy conditions)
on the roof of  12 levels building....

https://youtu.be/EchYpJbynJc
Title: Re: 6152 cabled - anemometer direction error
Post by: Mattk on October 12, 2017, 05:25:07 AM
You have had a very good run out of it then.
Title: Re: 6152 cabled - anemometer direction error
Post by: ullises on October 13, 2017, 03:32:48 AM
...and its fixed , opened , cleaned , isolated with silicone , up and running...
The 40 meters cable come trough a plastic tube , i found the yellow wire broken and the tube cutoff at some point.
so the reason for 10 impulses north and one NE was the cable...
now i wonder if it will go trough the [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  windy winter...