- Ride from Airport to Pahrump.
- D Repair radiator on Blue.
- D Repair the brakes on Blue.
- Made appt with D Marini. Feb 8th 11:15
- Check temperatures for Pahrump pump house every day.
- Two 8GB Raspberry Pi’s are ordered from Digikey Electronics.
They shipped on Tuesday to arrive on Friday. - Two 8GB Raspberry Pi’s are ordered from Newark Electronics.
- Received Magic Jack for mom.
- Need a standard phone for mom or use Pahrump phones.
- Purchased flights to Pahrump on 8 Jan.
- Need to figure out how we’re going to pay for Pahrump repairs.
- Floss, banana, Meds and toes.
- Nancy’s Will, i don’t have a copy but she’s working on it.
- Make appt with skin doc.
- Arizona Land
- Take equipment to storage
- Take batteries back
- Changed the backyard so it displays correctly
- Bruce Springsteen on Feb 2
I’ve always had an issue getting an accurate outside temp with any sensor close to a building (Home).
With no wind the building heats the sensor to give a false reading. My first attempt was putting a sensor outside under a hat (Chimney cover) which was quite successful. I did have some corrosion on the connectors after several months.
When I moved the sensor to the fence I wanted to make sure that the wireless bridge was reliable before doing too much engineering.
I put all the elecronics in a 1-1/2 PVC pipe with a cap on it and strapped it to the fence as shown below.
I had also worked out using a 20W solar panel and 8AH battery box to power the 0.5W sensor
(20WH/Day load, 100WH battery, 60WH/Day solar in bright sun. 5WH/Day cloudy.)
To my utter amazement the temps are accurate enough to not expose them to the weather as I have done in the past.
