My weather station is randomly reporting 390 inches of rainfall, and 147 mph winds. Repeatedly.
I suppose that is noise/interference, but the location I chose is best for where my computers are.
There is another place I could put it, further from the power lines, but a USB extension fails to work with the device, even a 6 foot one.
What i'd like to do is extend the antennae of the display so the unit is where I want it, the antennae is where it needs to be, and the station is in a good spot. Anyone familiar with the device tried anything like that?
Layout of house/property and such is difficult to place, as the sending unit/sensors need to be at least 100' from the house. I don't want to put my lcd in the window either. I like it on the wall (wont reach from window). House is 28' tall, so it has to be 90' away or so. Then a batch of trees. Placement is very difficult and I need to extend things to get this to work properly.
I have alarms set at rainfall rate, and wind speed. Anything over 50 mph, I want it to alert so I can batten down the hatches before it hits 90 mph. Same on rainfall, if it starts to dump at night while I'm sleeping, I need it to alert so I can do something else preparatory. It has the alerts, and they work, but they false alarm so often.
Any help is appreciated. I can solder, have tools, and could care less about a warranty.
I'm also using cumulus to report to WUnderground. Even though I clear the memory on the device, each time I restart (battery pull), I get additional crazy readings that didn't happen - like it's stored in it's memory. I know it's a low cost station, but I didn't expect that much grief from it.
Last night was funny, it blew hard all day yesterday, gusting to 55.3 mph for hours. Then, 2:45 am - there goes the 147 mph alarm. I get up, look at it - like hmmm... Look outside, mobile home is still there, another false alarm. The humor in this is that 147 mph is a possible gust speed here. 90 Mph for 6 hours straight in late winter and spring is common place. This is why I bought the unit, I didn't know the exact speeds, but I can tell the violence and shaking of the house, and noise level. So I got this thing to verify winds/temp. Gusting 55 mph is pretty quiet inside. When it really starts to blow here, its like an earthquake inside (high frequency shimmy.)
Ramble, ramble. Anyways... Any tricks folks?