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Offline DelChard

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #75 on: February 06, 2022, 03:54:19 PM »
My WS80 has behaved for a week, had some rain today, with no side effects. Early days.

Comparison on solar values. I had to knock the UV gain down.
I don't think 3 was realistic for an overcast February day. [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]  
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GW1100 - WS80 WH40 WH32EP
Feeding Weewx on Pi4b, CumulusMX on Synology DS215+

GW1100 - WS69
HP2550 - WS80 WH40

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WH51 5, WH31 4, WN30 3, WH57, WH41 1, WN34S 1, WN35 1, WH55 1

Offline davidefa

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #76 on: February 06, 2022, 04:22:08 PM »
Sadly there is no real uv sensor, the uv data is simply int(solar_data/100)
« Last Edit: February 06, 2022, 05:05:23 PM by davidefa »
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Offline DelChard

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #77 on: February 06, 2022, 06:21:36 PM »
Yes,I know it's calculated. A UV sensor would be more expensive than a complete Ecowitt set.
I'll stick with the calculated version.
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GW1100 - WS80 WH40 WH32EP
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GW1100 - WS69
HP2550 - WS80 WH40

Extras common to all 3
WH51 5, WH31 4, WN30 3, WH57, WH41 1, WN34S 1, WN35 1, WH55 1

Offline Mandrake

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #78 on: February 07, 2022, 03:44:14 AM »
A stand a lone UV sensor with genuine UV detection is still on our wish list with Ecowitt.
Hopefully one day we will get this.
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Offline hiljolodewijk

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #79 on: February 07, 2022, 04:56:54 AM »
Quote from: Mandrake on February 07, 2022, 03:44:14 AM
A stand a lone UV sensor with genuine UV detection is still on our wish list with Ecowitt.
Hopefully one day we will get this.

Vote +1!  :-P
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Offline DelChard

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #80 on: February 07, 2022, 05:17:26 AM »

I do not disagree with the sentiments of the 2 previous posts.
And I'm swayed more by an engineering definition of accuracy (reason for buying the WS80).
However I was originally put off a VP2 pro+ on cost.
This post https://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=43353.msg441795#msg441795
Would suggest that cost/performance benefit would be a major hurdle.
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GW1100 - WS80 WH40 WH32EP
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GW1100 - WS69
HP2550 - WS80 WH40

Extras common to all 3
WH51 5, WH31 4, WN30 3, WH57, WH41 1, WN34S 1, WN35 1, WH55 1

Offline broadstairs

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #81 on: February 07, 2022, 05:25:46 AM »
Yes a Davis VP2 here fully configured with solar, UV and the kit to connect it to either cloud or PC comes in around £1000 here in the UK. My Ecowitt station was just under £250. OK so it has some compromises but for an amateur who only wants an indication of things not 200% accuracy it's a no brainer.

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Offline DelChard

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Re: My WH80 seems to be using battery
« Reply #82 on: February 07, 2022, 06:23:21 AM »
Also, to achieve my goal, I needed at least 2 soil/temp modules + sensors. My shopping list got close to £2000.
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GW1100 - WS80 WH40 WH32EP
Feeding Weewx on Pi4b, CumulusMX on Synology DS215+

GW1100 - WS69
HP2550 - WS80 WH40

Extras common to all 3
WH51 5, WH31 4, WN30 3, WH57, WH41 1, WN34S 1, WN35 1, WH55 1
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