Sure looks like a wide open area!
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hopefully the fence doesn’t start to vibrate in the wind and passes the vibrations on to the tempest as this might cause false rain detections.
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It’s been up for 40 days now without false positives so far. Fence installer did a sturdy job 
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did you have any rainy weather at all? Currently false rain detections are suppressed when humidity makes in highly unlikely that there is any rain.
but perhaps your fence mount is working just great. enjoy it, but keep an eye on it.
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I’m a director (one of three) living in an 8 unit association (townhouses) and just getting started gathering support for my own install. Mostly it’ll be making sure my immediate 3 neighbors are OK with it - we run a pretty laid back association. BUT a condo association with what looks like stacked balconies and high density - I’d bet they’ll be getting a letter out to you as soon as the management glances up. It looks like pretty good siting above the roofline but maybe if you have a less obvious plan B you might avoid them noticing. Good luck! 
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I decided to mount my Tempest Weather System onto a Tiki Totem that my wife’s dad had made in the 50’s after coming back from a cruise in Polynesia. I thought the combination of state-of-the-art science and pagan rituals was apropos for the extreme drought that California is facing this year. Maybe the Tiki Totem can signal to the Tiki gods to send some atmospheric rivers from Hawaii to us this Winter. Can’t hurt.
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Very nice use of the “Simple Installation Kit” (WF-SIK02).
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i love it! nice totem too.
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Easy installation kit almost perfect. The offset was a few inches too short to avoid the eve at the roof, but a quick trip to the hardware store to purchase longer pvc solved the problem
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During the summer…there are too much shade from Silver Maple and Walnut trees near the east edge of the backyard. My solution was to bring both Tempest devices down away from the shade. The tallest one is the operational Tempest. . .and the one on top of the wooden block is the Tempest Field Test device.
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Just a comment - nice install. Did you make sure the arrow on the unit is facing north? The sun looks high but the way it is hitting the unit makes it look like it is very far west…
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The markers on the back of each device are facing True North. The Northern Hemisphere mid-day sun (Noon LDT to about 3pm LDT) is nearly overhead (zenith) and the solar angle of incidence is about 85°. i.e. the sun’s rays are nearly parallel to the vertically integrated solar panels. Thus. . .this time of year very little charging until about 5pm CDT. . .when sun clears the shade from surrounding trees and the solar angle decreases to about 60°.
The BEST times of the year for Tempest solar charging are at or near Vernal and Autumnal Equinoxes (Spring and Fall.)
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That might be true for your own specific location.
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Good morning all, I have a question about my set up, it’s great, good wind/temp. However in the 30-50km/h hour days it reports false rain due to the vibrations.
My question is, is there anything I can do to reduce the vibrations in the pole?
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weird as it is mostly wooden beams and those pretty much don’t produce any vibration, so most probably the upper pipe. Is it hollow ? material ?? maybe try like other to fill it with fine white sand … this has also a dampening effect and worked for several.
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Yes that is what I am assuming that is causing it. Yes it is hollow as it’s the one from the Weatherflow we site. I will look into the fine white sand and might be able to fix it today. Now we just need WF to give us the the ability to fix the false rain haha.
Thanks @eric
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Making it too rigid will cause short stroke vibrations that can excite the piezoelectric element. It should sway gently, the swaying produces much lower frequencies and you won’t get false rain events.
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