Now that my workshop has been thrown to one side of the basement and a dye kitchen is in place, doing the repair work on the station isn't going to be easy.
So I got home from a long trip and noticed that on the Davis console, the low battery on station 1 notice. I looked at my battery database and it was a year ago, so it seemed ok. I went to my battery supply and snagged a CR123 out. I buy them in bulk. Either Titanium Innovations, Surefire or Duracell Industrial. I also have flashlights of 1000 lumens that eat these for breakfast.
Ok. So I go out and replace the battery, give a looksie at the solar panel and connection and it looked good. Two days later, the same message on the console, so I fish around for another battery, recalling I have been here before... Two days later same deal.
So, I go to the Scaled Instruments site, order a replacement ISS board. they have two , one a 2016 and the other what I have already. Ordered what i have and it is on its way. Probably a leaky supercap so when I get some shoveling of the basement out cleaning, I can replace it and have another temperatured /humidity etc station or even another ISS. The other option is that the charging circuit is going out .
In any case replacing the ISS will fix this . Replacing the ISS is easy, Remove all the cables through the port hole from Hell (why it is so small beats me.) pull up the release behind unit, pop the old out, put the new in. Check the dip switches for same settings, cuss alot fitting the sensor cables back in. Put in a fresh battery, raise the antenna, put the solar panel back in, and we are done. cuss some more because it is frickin hot out here and mosquitos at night. Sheesh 70 year old farts shouldn't do this.