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Miscellaneous Debris => Weather sensors, design, analysis, discussion, home brew => Tech Corner => Snow Depth Sensors => Topic started by: miraculon on October 18, 2018, 09:08:20 AM
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After several years of continuous operation, my ultrasonic sensor has started giving erratic readings. I removed it and rewired it thinking that the connector had gone bad, but the same problem continued to occur. The target board was not in place yet, but I got reasonably good readings until this occurred even just reflecting off the grass. (slightly off due to the target board being missing)
I did leave it running all year including summer, maybe I should have shut it off during the summer season. (do these things 'wear out'?)
I just received the replacement unit, and I included the "F" option for the MB7534 SCXL-MaxSonar-WRS3. The F option includes an additional Teflon seal. (not that I think that the air around here is particularly corrosive).
I managed to catch a cold, so it will have to wait for a while before I can replace it.
You can enjoy it going nuts here:
(http://www.rogerscityweather.com/weatherdata/foo.png?rand=53)
Greg H.
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I replaced the sensor this morning, so far it is working well.
Time will tell, of course.
Greg H.
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Still working OK, at least to the bare PVC target board. Need some snow to be sure....
I saw a recommendation to add a 100uF cap at the power pins of the sensor. I added 150uF in my J-box since adding a cap right at the sensor was not practical. That seemed to remedy some data corruption that I saw every so often.
Greg H.