Well, the retailer/Vendor and Davis have done themselves proud.
I received a whole new 'Transmitter' in the post yesterday, fitted it - with ease - in half an hour and we are back in action.
If it's of any interest to any of the electronics wizards on here, I can find several faults that are obvious to the eye and all are associated with the wind speed and temp/humidity detector part of the board. I've annotated a photo of what I can see:
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There's lots of damage. The 'Blister' fell of altogether during the process, exposing the end of the Wind Speed Sensor. The Temperature/Humidity Sensor component is completely uncovered. The wiring attachment point has obviously never had a full coating. Bit of a wonder it lasted as long as it did, or worked at all.
There was one other 'incident' to report during the repair.
If, like me, you think the Temperature Sensor cover looks a bit grubby (we had been in Spain in a Saharan desert originated dust storm) and you decide to clean it. beware:
I swished it about in a bowl of soapy water and left it to soak a few minutes.
This photo shows what I found in the bottom of the bowl:
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It was a bit of a 'gulp! What have I done?' moment but with a little study and careful (gentle) work, it went back together easily enough.
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I have quite a few more photos of the internals if anyone wants to see them.
Interestingly neither Davis, nor the Vendor, wanted the internals returned.
Doubtless the board has significant damage but it all still worked when dry and warm. Anyone think it could be worth trying to repair?
Will
ps: to anyone who has seen this post appear/disappear/change: Apologies:
I had a bit of a battle with the Forum, trying to get it to work, mainly associated with a corrupted Photo 1 that uploaded and I could not then get rid of once I saw it was corrupted. I can see how to mark that I don't want it to display an attachment - but not how to delete it if it makes your post too large (<2048 Kb) and of course, it did!