Hi,
Well, the FO wind sensors are easy to dismantle, so you could simply insert a "watty" resistor or perhaps a small car/auto bulb. I don't know the optimum power, but perhaps 2 watts (for each sensor) might be enough.
However, it would be necessry to run a "power" cable, which rather defeats the "wireless" feature of the station. Also, by running a ("grounded") cable up to the wind sensors you would be potentially creating a "lightning conductor", so some caution is required.
But before somebody suggests a solar panel, I've just estimated that you'd probably need around 1 square meter! It happens that the Latitude of Bridge Lake (51 degrees) is almost identical to mine in London, so it was easy to check (in Cumulus) that the peak mid-winter illumination (with a clear sky) is 250 watts/m2 (if the panel is tilted at 50 degrees), say 150 watts for an average of 4 hours a day. With a 15% panel efficiency that would be less than 4 watts continuous, averaged over 24 hours.
Of course you'd (also) need a backup/standby battery, but even a car battery would be only good for less than a week (say 600 watt-hours) without charging.
Cheers, Alan.
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