Mines bouncing around like a rubber ball & readings of rain are not true in anything above about 7mph wind +gusts
For now, I’m going to try the nudge up off the led flashing above the tile it’s (mast) resting on.
Is now nudged up above the led flashing by about an inch or 2 but still erroneous rain measurement.
I’m going to go back to my original install with the plastic sticking out the top of the wider lighter mast when the weather calms down.
I’m back to my original 1.5" diameter mast with the plastic sticking out the top. Not much change to the spurious rain events, it still bounces/sways side to side at the top and noticeably at the bottom. I may try and put another clamp on the mast so it’s held @ 4points instead of only 2!!!
So I’ve moved the chimney mast clamp so I can lower the pole which now has an offcut of the smaller diameter one secured into the top of the 1.5" mast with a couple of holes drilled and 2 screws to hold it together, then some silicon to seal the gaps with a plug in the bottom of the whole mast setup.
Seems more stable now though my jiggery pokerey has caused rain while I was faffing around today.
Tomorrow’s weather should test it out very nicely
Update on the status & I see no pendulation which is what putting a device at the top of a long pole secured at the bottom was just asking for!
NOW with the pole counterbalanced slightly with a breeze that before caused rain to be recorded, no longer has the issue. (hope I’ve now sorted my problem because I’m also proud of how it looks and my retrofit of metal within metal pole)
Please excuse my spamming this thread but I’ve put alot of work into getting it installed.
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