Yes, just remove the Sky from the SPA and reattach. Make sure the contact points on the SKY are clean. Also, check the signal strength in the app. You have to drill down in the settings to the Status page. Check the RSSI values.
Hi @WFmarketing,
why there is lack of Poland on the country list??? I can’t make my order because of that.
I installed my soar panel yesterday. It was very simple to add once I got to the sky unit.
Today it is raining. For the first time the sky unit is over registering rain. I wonder if the extra area(solar panel) causes more vibrations?
Tom
Could be. But a recalibration could solve that (though it would be complicated because it would depend on the wind as well…solar panel in rainshadow, not so much an effect). But weatherflow stated that it wasn’t a problem, which surprised me a lot. As it is sensitive to very small drops, I thought it would pick up big drops on the solar panel easily. Solar power for SKY ((that would complicate callibration even more… small drops not so much an effect as big drops))
Hi @tom06784,
This is a video I carried out trying to determine if that would be a problem:
But when they change sensitivity or calibrations anything might change.
cheers Ian 
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Very nice video.
My rain calibration was getting closer but I’m sure the addition of the solar panel will change that.
Although to get my sky to be recognized by the hub again I did delete the sky and then add it as new. Maybe that could change the calibration. Not sure.
Today’s rain results:
WF - .41"
VP2- .27"
Stratus Rain Gauge - .29"
what a good video. But how does that work?? why false rain from hitting the mast and not from hitting the solar panel? Is perhaps some false rain suppression algorithm kicking in?
Someone reported that when there is rain with very tiny drops, the sky unit didn’t report any rain, until he tapped it a few times to generate ‘rain’. After that the tiny drops did get detected. In this video no rain at all was detected. It could be that drops, even the bigger ones, are only seen as very tiny drops because the sensor is further away. The ultimate test would be to have some controlled amount of heavy rain, and measure that with and without the solar panel.
It certainly does. It wipes out all calibration on that unit.
i thought that CL for rain wasn’t deployed yet. Unless you had a manual calibration, rain should still be at factory default and resetting doesn’t effect that.
I am very interested in this but I am concerned about birds - they seem to like sitting on the top of the SKY and making it, uh, messy.
Any recommendations on discouraging birds and cleaning the SKY?
Rained all day but stopping now.
WF = 1.24"
VP2 = 1.01"
Stratus Rain Gauge - 1.09"
Seemed to track the rain much better as the day went on.
Shipped to Australia - currently arrived in Sydney but seems yet to have been handed off to Australia Post. So hopefully I’ll have it mid this week. That’s pretty quick shipping! 
Weatherflow ARE comparing the differences. For example in March they asked me to mount a Sky with a solar panel on top of my very high vibrating pole with my vibration reducing mount which birds also use and another Sky without solar panel about 15m away on a very short solid pole without windy vibrations near the ground. Whenever I experience rain events I send them a report comparing the two different Sky’s with 2 funnel gauges which I manually read.
My rough opinion is that the solar panel hasnt made any noticeable difference to my rain readings. There were slight differences between Sky’s when strong winds are involved with the rooftop pole solar panel Sky recording very slightly less than the Sky near the ground without the solar panel. So from everything I have tested and observed the solar panel does not cause higher rain readings. And I like you, suspected that it would, which is why I put it through all the tests that I have.
Here is a summary of readings comparing a Sky without and with solar panel in all different winds and drop sizes
(garden non solar, high pole with solar)
(5.2,5.1)(0.6,0.7)(29.9,26.8)(1.3,1.3)(3.5,3.6)(6.1,6.5)(2.7,3.3)(2.3,2.2)(12.2,11.1)(2.3,2.0)(11.1,10)(1.5,1.4)(0.1,0.1)
For those who might like more detail of the winds and strength of rain during the rain events they are here since 23rd March 2019:
cheers Ian
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I have noticed similar observations. In fact I feel the solar panel has reduced false rain readings. I see absolutely NO unwanted effects caused by wind and rain.
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Mine is also in Sydney. It arrived in Sydney on the 6th but it hasn’t made it the rest of the way yet (about a 4 hour drive from Sydney). It is taking longer for that last bit than it did to get from Florida to Sydney.
It’s been really fun watching the battery voltage change throughout the day. 3.31 - 3.59 so far today. love the solar power adapter!
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I received my solar panel/battery the other day and so far it works very well. Since I installed it the days have been overcast but is still charging.
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Thanks WeatherFlow team for a great little weather station and the backup from all members
I received my SPA today and is now installed
Hats off to you blokes
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It arrived today. It will have to wait for the weekend to install.
My SPA just cleared customs in the UK. For those who are interested, I was charged another £11.80 for VAT and the £8 Royal Mail handling charge. Looking forward to getting it setup when it arrives on Thursday.