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dpb wrote in
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Red Green wrote:
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Had to use phone line couplers because one end of the wind and rain
sensors is hard wired into them and the other is a modular connector.
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Guessed I missed that...this thing is actually hardwired, not
telemetry?
That'd pretty much eliminate it for my application methinks...

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Partially wired.

Look at the pic of it.

http://tinypic.com/r/16knxcn/5-X

Marked in red and blue there is one 10' phone wire (w/modular connector)
coming from the crossbar at the top from the wind sensors that plugs into
the front of the temp sensor/transmitter (on right, device on lowest part
of mast). There is a 2nd 10' phone wire that comes from the rain gague to
the temp sensor.

The temp sensor monitors other stuff and does the wireless transmitting. If
everything is on the mast then it's just plug & play.

If you need the temp sensor/transmitter more than 10' away from the gauges
then you have to extend the cables using std phone line couplers and std 4
wire phone cord. The length depends on how far away you need it.