Having your own weather station can have some great eco benefits.
Save water: This particular model can measure actual rainfall over the last hour, 24 hours or 7 days. Using that information you can decide on the amount of watering required for your garden or determine if watering is required at all.
Save energy: It additional to outside weather conditions, this unit also displays indoor information. You can use this information to set your heater or air conditioner at a more conservative temperature setting.
Features:
- Rainfall - Displays current and cumulative precipitation
- Programmable Rain Alarm - Get alerted in case of high precipitation levels
- Indoor/outdoor temperature - Displays remote and base unit temperatures with trends simultaneously
- LCD with backlight - For convenient night-time viewing
- Programmable pre-alarm - Notification of inclement or icy weather conditions
- Memory storage - Collects and recalls minimum and maximum readings easily
- Display modes - Allows you to toggle or confirm different display modes
- Wireless transmission - No need to drill holes or string wires, you can check remote conditions wherever you are up to 30 metres between base and remote units.
- Channel switching - Reports on conditions from up to 3 remote locations (1 remote sensor included, addition sensor units can be purchased separately)
Specifications:
Main unit:
Rainfall proposed operating range: 0 to 1999.9mm/0 to 78.74 inch
Rainfall resolution: 1mm (0.04 inch)
Indoor temperature proposed operating range: -5C to +50C/23F to 122F
Temperature resolution: 0.1C /0.2F
Remote rain gauge:
Proposed operating range: -5.0°C to +50.0°C/23.0°F to 122.0°F
RF transmission frequency: 433 MHz
RF transmission range: maximum 30 metres
Rainfall transmission cycle: approximately 183 seconds
Remote temperature sensor:
Proposed operating range: -20C to +70C/with alkaline batteries -4F to 158F
Proposed operating range: -38F to +158F/with lithium batteries -38.8C to +70C
Temperature resolution: 0.1C/0.2F
RF transmission frequency: 433MHz
Maximum number of remote sensors: 3 (1 included)
RF transmission range: maximum 30 metres
Temperature sampling cycle: approximately 45 seconds
Power supply:
Main unit: 2 x UM-3/AA (1.5V) batteries - alkaline are suggested (not included)
Remote sensor: 2 x UM-3/AA (1.5V) batteries - alkaline are suggested (not included)
Remote rain gauge: 2 x UM-3/AA (1.5V) batteries (not included)
Dimensions:
Main unit: 90(L) x 182(H) x 63(D)mm
Remote sensor: 55.5(L) x 101(H) x 24(D)mm
Remote rain gauge: 164.8(L) x 175(H) x 119.9(D) mm