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How Often Do you Clean Yours

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SJG1976
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How Often Do you Clean Yours

Post by SJG1976 »

As the Title.

I've recently swapped my Temp/Humidity Sensor after having it working for 6 years.
Whilst I've cleaned the Outside of it, I've neglected to clean inside the Sensor Suite.

Just wondering when or if anyone else does regular maintenance on there sensors?

I normally only clean the Rain Gauges tipping mechanism to stop spiders, and the the hole for leaves.

Maybe after seeing what was inside the Stevenson Screen I need to have more regular maintenance there as well.
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I usually strip it down and clean it at least once a year.
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At least once a year, but where I live now it is getting closer to twice a year.
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I must be a Dirty Boy.

Think I'll need to go to a yearly Maintenance as well now. :oops:
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About every 6 months for me. I usually use an air duster inside, just to keep everything ticking along nicely..
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I clean mine when the wasps tell me it is time.
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Every 6 months for me too. usually Spring and Autumn.
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