I had everything on the Zephyr unit working but I was not happy with the
outdoor temperature. Mounted on the pole, the sensor got too much sun and
it would read high. So, I re-did everything.

Instead of the wood strip with the metal on top, I used a 10' length of 3/4"
tubing as was used by Red Green. I mounted that against my deck rail with
some straps and a block of wood drilled for the tubing and screwed into the
deck. That gives me a total height of about 12' of the pole, plus the 8'
height of the deck. Thee is a bit of sway so I'm going to keep an eye on it
in strong winds. At that height, it may need a backer of a wood strip to
stop the flexing.

Rainfall readings won't change, but the wind speed and direction may be a
bit more realistic, but I'm not about to cut down 100 trees to get
perfection. The temperature gauge is mounted on the side of the deck out of
the sun. At 8" high, it should not be affected by the thermal mass of the
ground either.

Forgot to mention, the wind direction module has the compass points marked
on it. The first time I did not see them, but I managed to get it accurate
by dumb luck. I still may be off a few degrees, but considering the
location, it is close enough. The things you learns after reading the
instructions!

The software is installed, but I've not done much with it yet. It does have
historical data for all the features so it may be handy for rainfall. While
not life changing, it will also tell me the high and low temperatures for
the day. At times I'm curious how low it goes in the winter.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/

Ed Pawlowski wrote:
I had everything on the Zephyr unit working but I was not happy with the
outdoor temperature. Mounted on the pole, the sensor got too much sun and
it would read high. So, I re-did everything.

Instead of the wood strip with the metal on top, I used a 10' length of 3/4"
tubing as was used by Red Green. I mounted that against my deck rail with
some straps and a block of wood drilled for the tubing and screwed into the
deck. That gives me a total height of about 12' of the pole, plus the 8'
height of the deck. Thee is a bit of sway so I'm going to keep an eye on it
in strong winds. At that height, it may need a backer of a wood strip to
stop the flexing.

Rainfall readings won't change, but the wind speed and direction may be a
bit more realistic, but I'm not about to cut down 100 trees to get
perfection. The temperature gauge is mounted on the side of the deck out of
the sun. At 8" high, it should not be affected by the thermal mass of the
ground either.

Forgot to mention, the wind direction module has the compass points marked
on it. The first time I did not see them, but I managed to get it accurate
by dumb luck. I still may be off a few degrees, but considering the
location, it is close enough. The things you learns after reading the
instructions!

The software is installed, but I've not done much with it yet. It does have
historical data for all the features so it may be handy for rainfall. While
not life changing, it will also tell me the high and low temperatures for
the day. At times I'm curious how low it goes in the winter.

I must not have read your original post concerning your weather station
but if you point your browser to http://www.crsales.com/weather.htm you
will see the results of mine. It is a wireless La Crosse Technology unit
and I have the inside base connected to one of our PC's and I have the
software set to upload and update to the above URL every two minutes. I
think that I currently have the wind sensor 32' off the ground. I just
had a couple of large trees removed last week so the wind speed should
be closer now. I also have a new, and supposedly better, wind sensor
that I am going to install and at the same time I plan to raise the unit
another 10' just for good measure.

Don

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in
:

I had everything on the Zephyr unit working but I was not happy with
the outdoor temperature. Mounted on the pole, the sensor got too much
sun and it would read high. So, I re-did everything.

Instead of the wood strip with the metal on top, I used a 10' length
of 3/4" tubing as was used by Red Green. I mounted that against my
deck rail with some straps and a block of wood drilled for the tubing
and screwed into the deck. That gives me a total height of about 12'
of the pole, plus the 8' height of the deck. Thee is a bit of sway so
I'm going to keep an eye on it in strong winds. At that height, it
may need a backer of a wood strip to stop the flexing.

Is the sway from the length leverage at the mount point at the bottom or
is is the actual pipe itself flexing. If the latter, maybe for neatness a
wood dowel inside the pipe length? The longer a single piece the better
of course but not sure what the longest you can get at that small
diameter.


Rainfall readings won't change, but the wind speed and direction may
be a bit more realistic, but I'm not about to cut down 100 trees to
get perfection. The temperature gauge is mounted on the side of the
deck out of the sun. At 8" high, it should not be affected by the
thermal mass of the ground either.

8" or 8 feet? 8" I'd disagree but I think you meant 8' since you said the
deck is 8' off the ground.


Forgot to mention, the wind direction module has the compass points
marked on it. The first time I did not see them, but I managed to get
it accurate by dumb luck. I still may be off a few degrees, but
considering the location, it is close enough. The things you learns
after reading the instructions!

Uhhhh, yea... RTFM :-)


The software is installed, but I've not done much with it yet. It
does have historical data for all the features so it may be handy for
rainfall. While not life changing, it will also tell me the high and
low temperatures for the day. At times I'm curious how low it goes in
the winter.

[Added "Zephyr" to Subject for added search detail]

Assume yours also came with a 2nd CD "Weather Display". Did you install
that? If so, does it give some ooo and ahhhh that the supplied
Easyweather Software doesn't?

"Red Green" wrote in message
Is the sway from the length leverage at the mount point at the bottom or
is is the actual pipe itself flexing. If the latter, maybe for neatness a
wood dowel inside the pipe length? The longer a single piece the better
of course but not sure what the longest you can get at that small
diameter.

Never thought about a dowel. I was thinking of putting a 1 x 3 and them
clamping the tubing to it. Right now, the highest clamp is about3 feet or
so, leaving 7' to flex. An 8' dowe l can do the job.



8" or 8 feet? 8" I'd disagree but I think you meant 8' since you said the
deck is 8' off the ground.

Yes, feet


Assume yours also came with a 2nd CD "Weather Display". Did you install
that? If so, does it give some ooo and ahhhh that the supplied
Easyweather Software doesn't?


The weather display give information such as:
Maximum gust today
Maximum gust last hour
Maximum temperature (and time)
Minimum temperature (and time)

It is essentially the same information but easier to find at a glance
instead of going through the touch screen. There are also a few graphs
showing the same information.

But wait, there's more. A right click will get you fire weather index, moon
rise and set, tide predictions, bar graphs, and if you just click, you get
a huge display with colorful dials giving real time info. The dials also
have markers showing the min/max for the day. If nothing else, it is more
colorful than the Easy Weather screen.

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in
:

I had everything on the Zephyr unit working but I was not happy with
the outdoor temperature. Mounted on the pole, the sensor got too much
sun and it would read high. So, I re-did everything.

Instead of the wood strip with the metal on top, I used a 10' length
of 3/4" tubing as was used by Red Green. I mounted that against my
deck rail with some straps and a block of wood drilled for the tubing
and screwed into the deck. That gives me a total height of about 12'
of the pole, plus the 8' height of the deck. Thee is a bit of sway so
I'm going to keep an eye on it in strong winds. At that height, it
may need a backer of a wood strip to stop the flexing.

Rainfall readings won't change, but the wind speed and direction may
be a bit more realistic, but I'm not about to cut down 100 trees to
get perfection. The temperature gauge is mounted on the side of the
deck out of the sun. At 8" high, it should not be affected by the
thermal mass of the ground either.

Forgot to mention, the wind direction module has the compass points
marked on it. The first time I did not see them, but I managed to get
it accurate by dumb luck. I still may be off a few degrees, but
considering the location, it is close enough. The things you learns
after reading the instructions!

The software is installed, but I've not done much with it yet. It
does have historical data for all the features so it may be handy for
rainfall. While not life changing, it will also tell me the high and
low temperatures for the day. At times I'm curious how low it goes in
the winter.

Ed:

Even though I went over the manual maybe I missed something. It seems on
the EasyWeather software display it constantly shows both my indoor and
outdoor temp max & mins as the current temperature. As the temp changes,
both indoor/outdoor max & mins follow.

The base station display of these is correct.

See: http://tinypic.com/r/24e2l4z/3

What are you seeing?

"Red Green" wrote in message
Ed:

Even though I went over the manual maybe I missed something. It seems on
the EasyWeather software display it constantly shows both my indoor and
outdoor temp max & mins as the current temperature. As the temp changes,
both indoor/outdoor max & mins follow.

The base station display of these is correct.

See: http://tinypic.com/r/24e2l4z/3

What are you seeing?

I'm seeing the same except for the outdoor minimum that is reading 31.5F It
has not been anywhere near that cold yet. The setup is minimal and I don't
see any way of changing anything that would have any affect on the readings.
I did clear all the data and I'll see tomorrow if it changes anything.


On the Weather Display software it is showing the proper temperature and the
time it occurred. Only shows outdoor min/max though, unless you click and
it opens another window with the rest of the information.

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
...

"Red Green" wrote in message
Ed:

Even though I went over the manual maybe I missed something. It seems on
the EasyWeather software display it constantly shows both my indoor and
outdoor temp max & mins as the current temperature. As the temp changes,
both indoor/outdoor max & mins follow.

The base station display of these is correct.

See: http://tinypic.com/r/24e2l4z/3

What are you seeing?

I'm seeing the same except for the outdoor minimum that is reading 31.5F
It has not been anywhere near that cold yet. The setup is minimal and I
don't see any way of changing anything that would have any affect on the
readings. I did clear all the data and I'll see tomorrow if it changes
anything.


On the Weather Display software it is showing the proper temperature and
the time it occurred. Only shows outdoor min/max though, unless you click
and it opens another window with the rest of the information.

Problem solved. I went to

http://proweatherstation.com/easywea...asyweather.htm

The latest version shows the min/max temperatures properly. It is an RAR
file so you have to get the RAR software first to open and install the
program. Quick and easy to do.

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in
:


"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
...

"Red Green" wrote in message
Ed:

Even though I went over the manual maybe I missed something. It
seems on the EasyWeather software display it constantly shows both
my indoor and outdoor temp max & mins as the current temperature. As
the temp changes, both indoor/outdoor max & mins follow.

The base station display of these is correct.

See: http://tinypic.com/r/24e2l4z/3

What are you seeing?

I'm seeing the same except for the outdoor minimum that is reading
31.5F It has not been anywhere near that cold yet. The setup is
minimal and I don't see any way of changing anything that would have
any affect on the readings. I did clear all the data and I'll see
tomorrow if it changes anything.


On the Weather Display software it is showing the proper temperature
and the time it occurred. Only shows outdoor min/max though, unless
you click and it opens another window with the rest of the
information.

Problem solved. I went to

http://proweatherstation.com/easywea...asyweather.htm

The latest version shows the min/max temperatures properly. It is
an RAR file so you have to get the RAR software first to open and
install the program. Quick and easy to do.




Thanks Ed! I see that and downloaded it but do not have software to
unpack. It looks like Rarlab has a trial version to unpack it.

As with you I'm sure, they sent an old crippled version 3.0 and the
current one is 6.1.

Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up but
not that bad, like 25mph. Enough to cause power irregularities. Station
survived fine. Lightning all over the place. Was wondering about that
copper pipe mast I put up. Thought I might be up for a Darwin award. No
issues though...this time.

To be continued... :-)

Red Green wrote:
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in
:

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
...
"Red Green" wrote in message
Ed:

Even though I went over the manual maybe I missed something. It
seems on the EasyWeather software display it constantly shows both
my indoor and outdoor temp max & mins as the current temperature. As
the temp changes, both indoor/outdoor max & mins follow.

The base station display of these is correct.

See: http://tinypic.com/r/24e2l4z/3

What are you seeing?
I'm seeing the same except for the outdoor minimum that is reading
31.5F It has not been anywhere near that cold yet. The setup is
minimal and I don't see any way of changing anything that would have
any affect on the readings. I did clear all the data and I'll see
tomorrow if it changes anything.


On the Weather Display software it is showing the proper temperature
and the time it occurred. Only shows outdoor min/max though, unless
you click and it opens another window with the rest of the
information.
Problem solved. I went to

http://proweatherstation.com/easywea...asyweather.htm

The latest version shows the min/max temperatures properly. It is
an RAR file so you have to get the RAR software first to open and
install the program. Quick and easy to do.




Thanks Ed! I see that and downloaded it but do not have software to
unpack. It looks like Rarlab has a trial version to unpack it.

As with you I'm sure, they sent an old crippled version 3.0 and the
current one is 6.1.

Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up but
not that bad, like 25mph. Enough to cause power irregularities. Station
survived fine. Lightning all over the place. Was wondering about that
copper pipe mast I put up. Thought I might be up for a Darwin award. No
issues though...this time.

To be continued... :-)

I can't resist. Please notify us if you qualify for a Darwin award.

Lou

"Red Green" wrote in message

Thanks Ed! I see that and downloaded it but do not have software to
unpack. It looks like Rarlab has a trial version to unpack it.

As with you I'm sure, they sent an old crippled version 3.0 and the
current one is 6.1.

Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up but
not that bad, like 25mph. Enough to cause power irregularities. Station
survived fine. Lightning all over the place. Was wondering about that
copper pipe mast I put up. Thought I might be up for a Darwin award. No
issues though...this time.

To be continued... :-)

There is a link to the RAR software right below the weather software.

While it corrects the problems of the high/low reading being the same as the
current temperature, it gives odd high and low marks that I've never
achieved. The "record" temperature is in the unit itself. You have to go to
the touch screen to reset the min/max for both indoor and outdoor
temperature. They will go to the present settings and should adjust
accordingly as time goes on.

Red Green wrote:
....
Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up but
not that bad, like 25mph. ...

How can 25mph qualify as a "hell of a thunderstorm"????

Anything under 30 is just a gentle breeze...

--

dpb wrote in :

Red Green wrote:
...
Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up but
not that bad, like 25mph. ...

How can 25mph qualify as a "hell of a thunderstorm"????

Anything under 30 is just a gentle breeze...

--


So, you can't have a thunderstorm without wind huh? Yes, I saw your ":-)".

To that I respond you go hold on to my copper pipe mast during it. After
all, there is no thunderstorm! :-)

Red Green wrote:
dpb wrote in :

Red Green wrote:
...
Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up but
not that bad, like 25mph. ...
How can 25mph qualify as a "hell of a thunderstorm"????

Anything under 30 is just a gentle breeze...

--


So, you can't have a thunderstorm without wind huh? Yes, I saw your ":-)".

To that I respond you go hold on to my copper pipe mast during it. After
all, there is no thunderstorm! :-)

It's grounded, isn't it??? VBG Maybe you can tie a kite string to it
an see if can recreate Franklin???

Just reminded me of the TN/VA weather--saw more SLCs(1) that actually
did nothing and the occasional t-storm w/ associated 45mph(!) winds
would get written up in the paper as the mother of all storms...

Of course, 30-40 mph winds did more damage (particularly power
lines/outages) there than 70+ typically does here because of all the
trees and that they simply don't have the nearly continuous wind and
severe t-storms that keep all the weak stuff cleaned out much more
frequently/thoroughly.

Out here it's possible to have a mild t-storm that doesn't generate much
wind, but w/o all the hills and trees to break it up near the ground
there's typically a strong wind gust front associated w/ almost any
t-storm of any respectability. Did have a little sprinkle yesterday
afternoon training off an edge of a higher elevation jet stream that
rumbled quite a bit w/ only a minor surface breeze that convinced me to
quit working in the yard under the highest row of windbreak trees
around, though...

A moderately frequent occurrence in TN was cattle in pasture seeking
shelter under a tree being turned into steak-on-the-hoof...

(1) Scary-looking clouds...

--

dpb wrote in
:

Red Green wrote:
dpb wrote in
:

Red Green wrote:
...
Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up
but not that bad, like 25mph. ...
How can 25mph qualify as a "hell of a thunderstorm"????

Anything under 30 is just a gentle breeze...

--


So, you can't have a thunderstorm without wind huh? Yes, I saw your
":-)".

To that I respond you go hold on to my copper pipe mast during it.
After all, there is no thunderstorm! :-)

It's grounded, isn't it??? VBG

That's what you holding it is for.

Maybe you can tie a kite string to
it an see if can recreate Franklin???

Just reminded me of the TN/VA weather--saw more SLCs(1) that actually
did nothing and the occasional t-storm w/ associated 45mph(!) winds
would get written up in the paper as the mother of all storms...

Of course, 30-40 mph winds did more damage (particularly power
lines/outages) there than 70+ typically does here because of all the
trees and that they simply don't have the nearly continuous wind and
severe t-storms that keep all the weak stuff cleaned out much more
frequently/thoroughly.

Out here it's possible to have a mild t-storm that doesn't generate
much wind, but w/o all the hills and trees to break it up near the
ground there's typically a strong wind gust front associated w/ almost
any t-storm of any respectability. Did have a little sprinkle
yesterday afternoon training off an edge of a higher elevation jet
stream that rumbled quite a bit w/ only a minor surface breeze that
convinced me to quit working in the yard under the highest row of
windbreak trees around, though...

A moderately frequent occurrence in TN was cattle in pasture seeking
shelter under a tree being turned into steak-on-the-hoof...

(1) Scary-looking clouds...

--

LouB wrote in :

Red Green wrote:
"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in
:

"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in message
...
"Red Green" wrote in message
Ed:

Even though I went over the manual maybe I missed something. It
seems on the EasyWeather software display it constantly shows both
my indoor and outdoor temp max & mins as the current temperature.
As the temp changes, both indoor/outdoor max & mins follow.

The base station display of these is correct.

See: http://tinypic.com/r/24e2l4z/3

What are you seeing?
I'm seeing the same except for the outdoor minimum that is reading
31.5F It has not been anywhere near that cold yet. The setup is
minimal and I don't see any way of changing anything that would
have any affect on the readings. I did clear all the data and I'll
see tomorrow if it changes anything.


On the Weather Display software it is showing the proper
temperature and the time it occurred. Only shows outdoor min/max
though, unless you click and it opens another window with the rest
of the information.
Problem solved. I went to

http://proweatherstation.com/easywea...asyweather.htm

The latest version shows the min/max temperatures properly. It is
an RAR file so you have to get the RAR software first to open and
install the program. Quick and easy to do.




Thanks Ed! I see that and downloaded it but do not have software to
unpack. It looks like Rarlab has a trial version to unpack it.

As with you I'm sure, they sent an old crippled version 3.0 and the
current one is 6.1.

Sidebar: We had a hell of a thunderstorm last night. Winds were up
but not that bad, like 25mph. Enough to cause power irregularities.
Station survived fine. Lightning all over the place. Was wondering
about that copper pipe mast I put up. Thought I might be up for a
Darwin award. No issues though...this time.

To be continued... :-)

I can't resist. Please notify us if you qualify for a Darwin award.

Lou

Well if a car antenna did the job for this woman I'd say my copper pipe
25 feet in the open above my roof says I'm sure to be nominated and in
the top 3.

"The theory is the lightning struck this radio antenna at
the front of the car..."

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