Hi All,
Been browsing this site recently, has proved to be very useful. I'm currently a PhD. student researching into cheap wireless monitoring of buildings to asses their performance. One the properties I'm monitoring requires a weather station, mainly to collect the solar load to compare how well the solar panels installed are actually performing.
Looking around i think the WH3081 is my best option, sadly project budget is not enough for a Vantage pro plus. Just wondering if anyone knows where i can get one from in the UK and a rough cost? Tried contacting Fine Offset a few times but they seem reluctant to reply.
Cheers
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WH3081 UK Supplier
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tadder
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
Hi
Purchased my Watson W-8681 (which I believe is the same) from Waters & Stanton. I paid £86.90 including pp which was the best price at the time (early January)
Purchased my Watson W-8681 (which I believe is the same) from Waters & Stanton. I paid £86.90 including pp which was the best price at the time (early January)
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steve
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
Not quite; the WH3081 is the new model with solar sensors. I haven't seen it for sale anywhere in the UK yet.tadder wrote:Purchased my Watson W-8681 (which I believe is the same)
Steve
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daj
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
It's not even on eBay yet and everything is on eBay!
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Synewave
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
The only extra feature I'm aware of that the W-8681 has above the Maplin N96GY is the atomic clock (which is pretty useless if you are going to use Cumulus as the software gets the time from the PC). Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but Napkins often have an offer for the N96GY at £65.tadder wrote:Hi
Purchased my Watson W-8681 (which I believe is the same) from Waters & Stanton. I paid £86.90 including pp which was the best price at the time (early January)
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tadder
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
Oh well! win some loose some.
For future reference are 'Napkins' on line? Google search returns lots of instruction for folding square pieces of cloth.
For future reference are 'Napkins' on line? Google search returns lots of instruction for folding square pieces of cloth.
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Synewave
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
tadder wrote:Oh well! win some loose some.
For future reference are 'Napkins' on line? Google search returns lots of instruction for folding square pieces of cloth.
Sorry, it was just that a member a while ago had written Maplin once before on this forum and their phone spell checker changed it to Napkin. Always makes me chuckle.-
tadder
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
I'll remember next time 
Napkin (AKA Maplin) currently have an 'F96FY' for sale at £124.99. From the picture and spec it looks the same, so that makes me feel a bit better.
Napkin (AKA Maplin) currently have an 'F96FY' for sale at £124.99. From the picture and spec it looks the same, so that makes me feel a bit better.
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nking
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
Is that where you got your daffodildaj wrote:It's not even on eBay yet and everything is on eBay!
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daj
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
I thought it looked cutenking wrote:Is that where you got your daffodildaj wrote:It's not even on eBay yet and everything is on eBay!
.... Daffodil appealI decided to wear mine virtually
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nitrx
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
Next time an iDaffodildaj wrote:I thought it looked cutenking wrote:Is that where you got your daffodildaj wrote:It's not even on eBay yet and everything is on eBay!
I decided to wear mine virtually
http://apeldoornmeteo.nl/pws/-
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Wear it with pride, it's a VERY GOOD cause
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daj
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
Still loving the idea of an iDaffodil
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Gina
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Oh yes!
Gina
Sorry, no banner - weather station out of action. Hoping to be up and running with a new home-made one soon.
Sorry, no banner - weather station out of action. Hoping to be up and running with a new home-made one soon.
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apenwith
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Re: WH3081 UK Supplier
Hi rwilko
You might be iterested in the Homebuilt Sunrecorder thread. Don't worry about the early stuff. We are working on correlating the levels we measure to w/m2 with solar panels in mind.
Regards
Alan
You might be iterested in the Homebuilt Sunrecorder thread. Don't worry about the early stuff. We are working on correlating the levels we measure to w/m2 with solar panels in mind.
Regards
Alan