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Offline jwbos

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #25 on: March 14, 2021, 09:45:07 PM »
This is a really nice post and great looking install.

Dumb question, but did you set the post in concrete?

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #26 on: March 15, 2021, 01:29:10 AM »
This is a really nice post and great looking install.

Dumb question, but did you set the post in concrete?
Yes I did. And that's not a dumb question!

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Ecowitt WH57 Lightning Sensor
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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #27 on: March 16, 2021, 08:22:29 AM »
I have changed things up a bit since my original post. I no longer have a WH32 sensor inside an Ambient Weather SRS100LX solar radiation shield for temperature/humidity mounted on my backyard post. Instead, I have a WH32-EP probe in a MeteoShield Professional radiation shield and the electronics box inside a waterproof Bud Industries NBF-32404 enclosure. I also have a WH41 PM2.5 sensor mounted on the post and a Stratus rain gauge mounted on the post for CoCoRaHS.









congratulations excellent installation, I also have 2 meteoshield pro with wh31 / 32EP inside, just a tip if I can, the wh probe must be higher, in the center of the screen, you will recover 0.2 tenths of the temperature value  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
1)3 gw1000 +1 GW2000
2)hp2551
3)ws80
4)ws68
5)2 wh32 EP
6)5 wh31 EP
7)2 meteoschield pro 3° gen
8)1 Fars meteoshield pro 3° gen
9) davis 7714 Black
10)wh40
11)schermo solare RAD-14 Metspec
12)schermo solare RAD-02 Metspec
13)Meteorain 200 compact (Barani)
14)davis ventilato h24
15) Davis vp2 pro ventilata
16) GW1001 ecowitt
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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #28 on: March 16, 2021, 10:57:09 AM »
I have changed things up a bit since my original post. I no longer have a WH32 sensor inside an Ambient Weather SRS100LX solar radiation shield for temperature/humidity mounted on my backyard post. Instead, I have a WH32-EP probe in a MeteoShield Professional radiation shield and the electronics box inside a waterproof Bud Industries NBF-32404 enclosure. I also have a WH41 PM2.5 sensor mounted on the post and a Stratus rain gauge mounted on the post for CoCoRaHS.









congratulations excellent installation, I also have 2 meteoshield pro with wh31 / 32EP inside, just a tip if I can, the wh probe must be higher, in the center of the screen, you will recover 0.2 tenths of the temperature value  [ You are not allowed to view attachments ]
What did you use to raise it up? I tried but I was too picky with my fittings and nothing looked good (even though you can't see it).
Ecowitt GW2000 + Meteobridge on RPI 4B
Ecowitt HP2551-C Display Console
Ecowitt WH32-EP Outdoor Temp/Humidity Sensor + MeteoShield Pro Radiation Shield
Ecowitt WS68 Anemometer
Ecowitt WH40 Rain Gauge
Ecowitt WH57 Lightning Sensor
Ecowitt WH41 Outdoor PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor
Ecowitt WH43 Indoor PM2.5 Air Quality Sensor
Ecowitt WH31 x4 Temp/Humidity Sensors
Ecowitt WH51 Soil Moisture Sensor
Ecowitt WH34S Soil Temperature Sensor
Ecowitt WN35 x2 Leaf Wetness Sensors

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #29 on: March 16, 2021, 11:24:14 AM »
I used a piece of carbon fishing rod, but you can use a piece of white color pvc pipe from the diameter of the probe base, just a 10 cm piece, you cut it on one side along its entire length to make pass the probe wire and insert the probe on top with the help of insulating tape,
1)3 gw1000 +1 GW2000
2)hp2551
3)ws80
4)ws68
5)2 wh32 EP
6)5 wh31 EP
7)2 meteoschield pro 3° gen
8)1 Fars meteoshield pro 3° gen
9) davis 7714 Black
10)wh40
11)schermo solare RAD-14 Metspec
12)schermo solare RAD-02 Metspec
13)Meteorain 200 compact (Barani)
14)davis ventilato h24
15) Davis vp2 pro ventilata
16) GW1001 ecowitt
17) Wittboy ecowitt
18)schermo solare  Comet system da Cometeo
template http://ortellemeteo.altervista.org/pwsd/
webcam :https://rtsp.me/embed/tRhazi3z/
http://www.supermeteo.com/stazione/ortelle/

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #30 on: March 25, 2021, 05:03:10 PM »
Wow, I really like how you installed all your sensors.  I just picked up a WH41 and was concerned about how to mount it so that it gets enough sun but not too much rain (although it doesn't rain here much at all).  So I'm tempted to mount mine in a similar fashion to how yours is installed. Thanks for sharing the pictures of your setup!

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #31 on: April 19, 2022, 06:13:26 AM »
What radiation shield would you recommend me for wh32_ep now in 2022? Not very expensive.

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #32 on: April 21, 2022, 08:41:50 PM »
That's a nice, big passive shield too. If you were feeling frisky, you could probably stick a fan it in if you wanted.
I have thought about it. We haven't had any hot sunny weather yet but I'm curious how well it will do as a passive shield.
Just curious how that SRS100LX shield worked fo you?

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #33 on: February 12, 2024, 08:35:06 PM »
I realize that this topic is several years old at this point, but there are surprisingly few examples of mounting a WH32EP and yours is the most complete.



You mentioned using a NBF-32404 as the electronics enclosure. Those are, indeed, readily available... but they look to be just the enclosure.

What is that piece that the body is attached to? It looks something like a breadboard or thick plastic pegboard? I'm not placing what that even is.

I assume the cable is going through a nylon cable gland -- how did you handle the thickness of the sensor itself? I did try to disassemble the sensor end on my unit but it looks like the cable is epoxied into the plastic end cap.


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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2024, 09:10:29 PM »
After wanting a weather station for years but not really wanting an all-in-one unit or being able to justify the cost of a VP2, I happened to browse this forum last week to see if there was anything new I didn't know about and I saw all the talk about the Ecowitt GW1000. I was instantly intrigued so I ordered up the GW1000 gateway, WH32 outdoor temperature/humidity sensor, WH40 rain gauge, and WS68 anemometer.

I installed the anemometer using a gable mount and an EMT pipe from Home Depot. The wind cups on the anemometer measure 32' 9.75" (10 meters) off the ground.





In my backyard, I threw a 4x4 post in the ground about 5' from the side fence and used a short piece of EMT pipe to mount the rain gauge to the post about 6' off the ground. I have the temperature/humidity sensor inside an Ambient Weather SRS100LX solar radiation shield mounted on the side of the post.





Nice. I was in a similar situation and I ended up with the ws5000 instead, but i want to add the same anemometer(ws68) on the same pole as the ws5000 anemometer and use a separate console to go with it.
How has it worked so far
I want to do the WS68 with a GW3900 I believe it is.
Living in the lightning capital of the US i also went and installed a 1/2 stranded conductor cable down to a 3/8 x 8 ground rod and bonded that to the house ground. Nobody had the supplies and ended up getting it from a commercial lighting protection contractor i know.
Curious how you grounded yours.

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Re: Ecowitt WH32, WH40, and WS68 Install
« Reply #35 on: March 08, 2024, 11:42:07 PM »
Your neighbors called.  They wish you'd spend as much time on your mildew problem as you do your weather play time.