One for the UK members I am using aOregon WMR 200 with an Oregon UV Sensor, if there is any members in the UK which has the same sort of set up could you be as good as to let me know if you are getting ANY UV readings at all.
For the previous two years I have forked out for a new UV sensor as they only seem to have about an eight month life cycle, I dont think that I am prepared to fork out for ANOTHER new one just for this summer.
The red light flashes on the sensor at a regular interval so it seems to be transmitting but nothing seems to be registering on my base station, WD or my website and with the sun we have had the last few days I thought that something would have indicated
Not in the UK but in Alaska and to get UV readings here in winter I have to point the unit at the sun. In other words from having it level and pointed up I have it pointed about 15 degrees above the horizon. Learn this after going one winter with out readings. Sun so low it just doesnāt record any thing. Unit is going on itās 3rd year of service.
I got one of these sensors at Christmas. It is mounted vertically.
I saw the first non-zero reading in late Feb, since when Iāve seen them appear more and more, on sunny days. Nothing more than 1 yet, but that is no surprise. As the unit only reports integer values, these results look āsensibleā so far. My first non-zero readings were not far off the date when Budgieās UV equipped Davis VP2 reported its first > 1.0 value.
Here in central MX, we dropped down to a daily reading of 6 during the winter and are now back up to 10-11 daily, of course weāre a long ways S of the UK.
Thanks for that James, I did think about the 1 wire system but my WMR200 is so far away from the garden I woulg have to have such a long cable run. #-o
Hi, I am in Bath in the uk and use the OS uv sensor. I have been getting readings since early February of 1 with the occasional 2. I have had the unit for just under two years with no real problems. Due to the limited resolution of the unit I donāt think I would bother replacing. My unit is in full sun for most of the day but the unit fails to record about 3 hours before subset - probably due to limited resolution.
I am using aOregon WMR 200 with an Oregon UV Sensor, if there is any members in the UK which has the same sort of set up could you be as good as to let me know if you are getting ANY UV readings at all.