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Offline LLL

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Should I replace my Vantage Pro2 Console when I replace the ISS?
« on: August 16, 2019, 04:50:23 PM »
My eleven year old wireless Vantage Pro2 ISS needs to be replaced. The Solar Panel has all but stopped working and the whole unit is showing it's age. I could start replacing parts, but I think that I would be better off replacing the entire unit.

My question is whether I should replace the 6312 console at the same time. I don't know what the life time of such electronics is, and if the console has been improved in the last eleven years.
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Re: Should I replace my Vantage Pro2 Console when I replace the ISS?
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2019, 05:01:47 PM »
Consoles indoors in the warm and dry tend to last much longer than ISS units outdoors. That said, obviously a 11-year old console is somewhat more likely to develop a fault than a brand new one. Consoles have not changed much in 11 years.

If you do ever need a new console it's cheaper to buy one as part of a complete station than as a separate item at a later date.

Remember that a new console will also need a new logger (because of the green dot issue ca 2011).
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Re: Should I replace my Vantage Pro2 Console when I replace the ISS?
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2019, 05:06:55 PM »
What is the green dot issue ca 2011?
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Re: Should I replace my Vantage Pro2 Console when I replace the ISS?
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2019, 06:22:58 PM »
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Re: Should I replace my Vantage Pro2 Console when I replace the ISS?
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2019, 06:42:49 PM »
Quote from: LLL on August 16, 2019, 04:50:23 PM
My eleven year old wireless Vantage Pro2 ISS needs to be replaced. The Solar Panel has all but stopped working and the whole unit is showing it's age. I could start replacing parts, but I think that I would be better off replacing the entire unit.

My question is whether I should replace the 6312 console at the same time. I don't know what the life time of such electronics is, and if the console has been improved in the last eleven years.

As others have stated, it is cheaper to buy a new console as part of a complete station rather than buying piece by piece. There have been very few changes to the console over the years, but occasionally Davis makes a firmware update to the consoles and if it is too old, the update might not work. Unless you believe the new Davis owners will rollout a VP3, I would get a whole new pws (ISS including the console) and move on. I have three consoles that range from 18 months old to 14 years old and I don’t see much of a difference among the 3. The latest consoles have the SHT31 temperature-humidity sensor in them. Not sure that is a positive or a negative (the SHT31 sensor is flakey or temperamental in my view) as I really don’t care about inside readings, particularly since I keep my console lights on most all of the time which elevates the inside temperature.
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Re: Should I replace my Vantage Pro2 Console when I replace the ISS?
« Reply #5 on: August 16, 2019, 08:33:54 PM »
Quote from: LLL on August 16, 2019, 05:06:55 PM
What is the green dot issue ca 2011?

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