New member here, I bought an Aercus WS3083 FO station about 6 weeks ago after much deliberation ( and it fitted my budget ! ) and decided to try and get it right first time when installing the outside sensors and setting the unit up.
Firstly I made up a support going from just underneath the solar unit to the main pole as I thought the weight of the unit fixed only at the bottom, in a strong or gusty wind, over time might lead to a mount failure.
That done I then decided that leaving the sensor RJ plugs as they are would mean corrosion and failure in no time. I purchased a tube of clear silicon grease from Maplins and smeared a good 'dollop' of the grease over the plugs once they were in place - only time will tell if this works !
The final thing was to tidy up the wiring with small ties and make sure there were drip loops in all the sensor cables.
6 weeks down the line everything seems to be working ok, although I did have to replace the cheap base unit batteries with some Lithium ones
I really like the Cumulus software, ( nice one Steve and hope my donation is ok ) and have only had one small glitch when on the same day I had a '0' reading on the minimum temperature and the same on the lowest pressure reading??
I corrected the readings in the files and it hasn't happened since ( I think other people have experienced this as well )
My next challenge is to see if I can get the data to upload to either WU or my website, this may prove difficult or too expensive as I don't want to leave my laptop on 24/7. I'm currently reading up on the Raspberry Pi B+ with possibly the weewx software, but it all looks a tad complicated, although I have played around with Dos & BBC Basic in years gone by !
I look forward to reading and hopefully contributing to the forum.
Norm
