Been up and running and online a little over 2 weeks. Everything went together good, did not encounter any difficulties and it's choochin' pretty good. The Sensor is mounted on 3/4" Galvanized Pipe 13.5 feet up and about 60 feet from my House. I used a 8ft 4x4 sunk into the ground 2.5ft deep. I used 3/8in. 6 inch lag bolts screwed half way in the base with 200lbs of Concrete to hold it in place. It's not moving anywhere.
Before I mounted the Sensor, I took it apart to ops check the fan and it was choochin' pretty good in the shade and made no noise at all. I had to Calibrate the Rain Gauge just a tiny bit using the syringe method. I also installed the Remote Battery Pack. The Poll is easy to come down by removing the upper three clamps and just loosening the bottom clamp so I can clean out the schmoo.
My temps in the day is running 2* high as compared to the Davis VUE and a Pro2 in my local area, I'm ok with that and pretty happy with the Acurite.
My enthusiasm is beginning to sky rocket and I'm going to buy the Davis Vantage PRO2 with the 24hr Fan and WeatherIP. I'll replace the 3/4 pipe with 30ft 1.5in pipe and mount both the Davis Anemometer/ Wind Vane at the top and the 5-in1 10ft below it. I'll mount the PRO2 Rain Bucket/ Temp Senor on the 4x4.
Looks like I found a new hobby to go along with my Firearm/reloading ( I'm a competitive Shooter ), Motorcycle and Photography hobby. Should keep me busy as I'll be retiring soon.
Some Images....................
Acurite 5-in-1 PRO+ 7-8-17_a by
John Nelson, on Flickr
Acurite 5-in-1 PRO+ 7-8-17 by
John Nelson, on Flickr
Acurite 5-in-1 PRO+ 7-8-17_b by
John Nelson, on Flickr
Acurite HD Sensor Display 2017 by
John Nelson, on Flickr