Some of you may recall that my (Davis) solar sensor did some weird stuff earlier in the year, e.g. showing solar radiation over 1700W/m2 all day AND night!
It recovered after a couple of weeks and has worked well since then. That is until Storm Darragh turned up. The sensors and mast/cables took a battering, with a maximum gust registered of 77km/h (which I think is pretty high in a suburban environment). At about 2am yesterday morning solar radiation suddenly peaked and has stayed high since then, although it is still responding a little to sunlight.
I now need to wait for a ‘nice’ day when I can get the mast down, replace the sensor and re-weatherproof the RJ11 junction in the cable.
Luckily this appears to be the only damage we’ve had. I hope you’ve all escaped with little/no damage.
'Must admit I thought you had replaced the sensor 
Storm Darragh? Nothing out of the ordinary here: the pressure fell to 982 hPa and we had a gust of 30 mph.
Pressure now 1039 hPa and still rising as the high builds.
oh dear the rj11 connection appears to have come back to bite you may not have been waterproof enough
may be try these instead in a small ip rated box
they have gel in them so not only a larger separation between conductors but the gel will help if the box becomes water compromised
Davis used to sell connection units that used these
this is only a suggestion
i spent Saturday afternoon putting extra fixings on my lights plus repair one
Christmas Lights enjoy
i had max gust of 47mph at about 2:30pm
I’m not sure whether it’s the RJ11 connector or the sensor itself. If I replace the sensor then I’ll have to remake the connection so whichever it is should be resolved. Taking the mast down isn’t trivial so I don’t really want to have to do it twice for the same fault!
