This is a quick guide to the new tipping spoon assembly for the VP2. I've started this as a separate thread so as to make the information easy to find.
Firstly this is not a "how-to" for calibrating a rain gauge, merely how to adjust the spoon especially as it seems Davis think you can't do it.
The spoon assembly is essentially a larger version of the one used in the Vantage Vue ISS
The spoon assembly
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The reed switch - sealed unlike the old type but with the same pin-out
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The magnet and adjusting screw, the closer the screw end is to the magnet the more water it takes to tip the spoon
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Remove this screw and the spoon mechanism comes away from the base
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The adjustment screw on the underside of the mechanism, turn anti-clockwise to reduce the amount of water before the spoon tips (increase rainfall sensitivity) and clockwise for the reverse.
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