This won’t help a lot of folks, but might help someone…
We live in a motorhome full-time but we’re stationary for 5-6 months in winter and 3-4 months in summer and I bought the WF system for use in those locations. Mounting the Sky on a standalone pole would run into HOA restrictions in both places so I found a way to temporarily attach it to the roof of the motorhome in a way that won’t raise HOA ire but seems to be working well for the purpose.
The industrial type suction cup mount is sold for temporarily mounting a wifi antenna on a pole on the side of an RV. TechnoRV Suction Cup Mount
I’ve mounted it on the roof with a short length of pvc pipe to get up above the bus a little (~13-ft above ground). So far I’ve not had any vibration issues - maybe the rubber in the suction cup and the short pole are helping that.
Where I placed it I can reach it easily from a ladder to install and remove.
Just ordered weatherflow and have a nice spot for it. For those using the home depot top rail, does the WeatherFlow attach the narrow part of the rail?
I had to un-screw the nut completely and slip it over the mast first, to allow the threaded fingers on the mount to slip over the mast. The fit is that tight, but it it does work and the nut did screw on once the mount was over the mast…
This looks like a great solution for the top of our block fence out back. Anyone have any suggestions on what to use as a gasket under the flange to dampen vibrations?
Over the years I had to frequently repair wind socks and weather stations on my roof. When I started out I had to unbolt and lift the pole down which was demanding. I changed the system to hinge over quite easily and safely without much effort. My suggestion is that where ever you decide to mount it that you try to incorporate a hinge that makes it simple to rotate the pole. A solid pole to brace it is preferable to guy wires because of the frequency of wind induced vibrations is less likely to create false rain. And all of your connections should include rubber dampening especially those nearest to the Sky to prevent vibrations travelling through metal connections. Slow swaying in the pole is not an issue for false rain but if you tap the pole with a metal object then any dampening to prevent the ‘sound’ getting to the Sky will help reduce false rain from vibrations. This is my setup which shows the hinge at the bottom of the pole. The guy wires induce vibrations so I have to dampen the Sky with a rubber mount but my focus is wind, not accurate rain.
Got everything dialed in today. Used pipe & flange from Lowes per another suggestion in this topic, and used the Air mount as suggested by WeatherFlow. Got online with Wunderground pretty quickly and easily, added their app as well as PWS Monitor to my iPhone & iPad. Everything working hunky-dory.
On that Air install above - does that location look OK? It’s got some space around it but not a ton. Well protected from the sun. Curious to see how it does with lightning detection from that spot.
