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Post by triggerfish on Sept 22, 2018 10:43:07 GMT -8
And we go on... Got some scaffold pipe (is that is the correct name) and expanded my weather sensors. The current old Alecta one is still on the end of the pipe, the new SDL one is a bit closer to home for now. The upright pipe will be the base for the solar array. It is dark, I know Left and right side view. The center piece will slip over the upright tube in the first picture. The weatherrack will move to the end. Notice I left space for a second solar array. I am not sure this will provide enough power for the rig. But we'll see.
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Post by SDL on Sept 26, 2018 10:18:36 GMT -8
Magnificent!
BP
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Post by triggerfish on Sept 27, 2018 2:13:41 GMT -8
OK, the next baby-step The Solar array is out there
On the left is my old Alecto sensor rack. That either will go, or move to the right tube. I want the SDL weatherrack on the end, since it will catch more accurate data there. The solar panel will stay in the right tube, but the longer one. At this position the weatherrack is sometimes partially blocking the sun, which is not a good thing I am waiting for a waterproof power connector to fit in the box. That will lead to the USB power in on the SunAir Plus, so I can always plug in external power when sun and battery might fail on me. When that's in the box I'll move everything outside (the box is still near the window in my apartment with wires coming trough the half open cover). The wire lengths do not allow me to do otherwise They just make it like it is. The solar panels have an angle of about 35 degrees as is suggested to be best for my location. The panel is facing due south. At this point I am still faking sun with my lab power supply, so I can not yet start measuring solar power.
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Post by triggerfish on Sept 28, 2018 2:43:20 GMT -8
Received the Solar/UV/IR sensor and cut another hole for that in the box. I also soldered the HDC1080 to the weatherboard. That way I do not get the weird errors I have when plugging it into the HUB. I cut off one of the grove connectors and soldered that to the board. The remaining connector plugs into the HDC1080. Next challenge is getting the Solar sensor to work...
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 2, 2018 6:14:40 GMT -8
Another baby-step... The box went ouside and on it's own, so no external power anymore. The solar panels should be in optimal position, so now I'm gonna find out if it's enough. I've put a piece of roof isolation plate to protect the box and the temperature sensor from direct sunlight, since I am facing south-south-east. This is still not final, because I want the box against the right brick wall. On the right side you may notice the Alecto sensor moved inward and the SDL sensor went outward on the end. Wind values improved immediate. Specially direction is more stable there. I also found another sun shield that may be used for the AM2315. Printing it appears to be quite expensive, so I am looking for another service or just skip it. The shield is on thingiverse @ www.thingiverse.com/thing:1067700 And looks like this: It has bases for several sensors and for horizontal and vertical mounting. You just pick what to print.
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Post by snakn1 on Oct 2, 2018 10:19:00 GMT -8
if you live in the us, I will print it for you for the cost of the filament.
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 2, 2018 12:35:43 GMT -8
if you live in the us, I will print it for you for the cost of the filament. Thank you very much for the offer, but I live on the other end of the big pond in The Netherlands, Europe But I realize I have some colleagues with 3D printers, so maybe one of them can help me out.
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 3, 2018 21:14:31 GMT -8
Well, this morning I found the station down. Probably the battery did nog make it through the night. Now see of it wakes up again after the sun had been up a while... There is still ons green led burning in the sunair board, so...
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 3, 2018 23:41:08 GMT -8
It just did not make it through the night...
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Post by SDL on Oct 6, 2018 9:05:12 GMT -8
Sounds like the system is behaving correctly. It should shut down if it is going to run out of juice.
BP
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 6, 2018 9:38:39 GMT -8
Sounds like the system is behaving correctly. It should shut down if it is going to run out of juice. BP O yeah, I know This was not a question, just an observation
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 6, 2018 10:10:41 GMT -8
I added the windgust parameter to the upload url to wundergound. Now the gusts show up also. It's just one line of code to add: And the orangish gust dots appear
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 12, 2018 6:24:29 GMT -8
Got the next parts in the mail...
Very nice printed parts for the semi-pro environment shield
Just to be sure I gave them a fine coat of UV resistant high gloss white paint...
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Post by snakn1 on Oct 12, 2018 8:25:19 GMT -8
yes they look good. the 3d print bed was not quite true (level) and I would have used one more top solid layers on the settings, but they are very nice prints. Let me know how it all works out
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Post by triggerfish on Oct 12, 2018 8:31:14 GMT -8
yes they look good. the 3d print bed was not quite true (level) and I would have used one more top solid layers on the settings, but they are very nice prints. Let me know how it all works out You mean a double "roof" ? I can have that part printed again and put it on top...
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