Recent content by darylhuff

I got one of the tipping bucket type rain gauges and came up with a better solution. Normally for these gauges, the reed switch closes (or opens I don't remember) very briefly when the tipping bucket mechanism passes through horizontal after one of the buckets has been filled and it is now about...

For the actually tipping bucket type rain gauges (as opposed to the Hydreon which simulates a tipping bucket) the contact closure time is typically 100-150ms.  This is still apparently below the Omni input threshold for detection.  However, another idea would be to use the Simply Automated...