How To Make The Most Of Your Wireless Weather Station By Setting It Up Correctly

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To make the most of your newly bought weather station it is important to set it up correctly. The majority of current wireless weather stations are robust and designed to last, a good number of the problems people experience are due to rushing the setting up.

The chief consideration is the best place to position the remote sensors and base station. These require to connect with each other without problems and with as little disruption of the wireless signal as possible, if possible there should be a clear line of sight between the sensors and the receiver and as few walls as possible.

In the beginning determine where to situate the sensors. Check the range of your weather station and kind of sensors, range can be between approximately 70 feet and 300 feet, and then pick an appropriate site inside this range. Make allowances for walls, windows or other obstructions between the sensors and receiver as these will lessen the effective range.

The weather station will contain different types of sensors, each one will require positioning differently, so you may have to compromise and locate a position that is possibly not the best for all the sensors but where they will all operate adequately.

Temperature sensors should be placed out of direct sunshine or the sun will heat them up and they will give an erroneous temperature, but keep them away from any structure that gives off heat, e.g. a metal roof. A north facing wall would be great, ideally in a position out of the rain.

Rain gauges should be located where there are no overhanging buildings or trees to affect the rain collected, if possible at the highest point you have. But please bear in mind that it will be necessary to clean out the gauge every so often so it ought to be accessible.

Position Wind speed anemometers and wind direction vanes in a clear area, also with no obstructions that can influence the reading.

Given all these factors the best place will possibly be on a non-metallic roof as long as some protection can be provided for the thermometer, or the top of a post would be a good alternative.

When you have the sensors located then you need to position the base station. The best point for reception will be near an outside wall, however if you want to connect to a computer or your particular system has an alarm clock receiver this may be impossible so you will have to experiment and find a position where the receiver can still receive a satisfactory signal but these other factors are catered for.

About the Author:
Jo Gregory is a web designer and artist with a particular interest in practical science applications.

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