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Weather Station Hardware => Remote Weather Monitoring => Topic started by: kanewolf on July 03, 2011, 10:19:45 AM
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I have a friend with a vacation home. If I recommend a davis with weatherlink IP for simplicity, will he be able to see the indoor conditions? Indoor conditions are more important for an unoccupied residence than outdoor.
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I'm using WLIP. Look at my summary page.
http://www.weatherlink.com/user/wxtech/index.php?view=summary&headers=0 (http://www.weatherlink.com/user/wxtech/index.php?view=summary&headers=0)
Indoor conditions are shown.
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Good to know. I will feel more confident in recommending it. This way only the communications gear is the critical link. The fewer moving parts the better.
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Keep in mind that the WLIP will raise the apparent indoor temperature by a few degrees, and lower the indoor humidity. It creates some heat that warms the console.
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But when the issue with an unoccupied residence is flooding or freezing, a degree or two doesn't really matter.
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I'd recommend a Sensaphone unit over a WLIP. Or if there is broadband, use a Wecontrol box.
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Keep in mind that the WLIP will raise the apparent indoor temperature by a few degrees, and lower the indoor humidity. It creates some heat that warms the console.
Does it create that much heat? Raise the internal temp by a few degrees?
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I did an experiment many years ago with the VP. I recorded the indoor temp with the backlight on and off. I don't remember the numbers but the temperature change was barely noticeable because my room temperature fluctuates a few degrees anyway.
The VP had 4 LEDS, one on each corner of the display panel. The VP2 uses a display with an internal backlight, not discrete LEDS.
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Similar in that I have never noticed any apparent temp change that could be attributed to the WLIP even in a confined enclosure let alone lowering indoor humidity ???. In an enclosure there is no affect from a straight modem but most routers run a little warm, WLIP always stone cold.
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What I'm talking about is on the original VP, the 4 LEDS used for display backlighting in the console caused the indoor temperature sensor on the console circuit board to heat slightly. This caused the console to read a degree or so higher than the actual room temperature. The console didn't get warm or cause room temperature to change.