Rain Gauge

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Nospam101

April 29, 2017 02:17

  Need a wireless rain gauge that ties directly to the Rainmachine controller.

Rainmachine brand would be great.

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  Texas gardener April 29, 2017 05:04

  I second this. Just the other day our NOAA forecast told Rainmachine we had close to 3 inches of rain. My house received half that. NOAA's very good, but nothing will be more accurate than a measurement at the home site. A rain gauge accessory would be an excellent addition and I would definitely buy one.

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  Mitul Patel May 01, 2017 19:45

  I third that. Though I use a Wunderground station from my neighborhood they are not reliable because they go down frequently. And as mentions NOAA is not reliable for past rain amount.

  In a mean while allow to enter rain amount manually. I can get dumm rain gauge and enter the reading myself.

  Writing a Python script to enter manual entries is too much for an average user.

   

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  Ingeborgdot May 12, 2017 03:21

  I fourth that. :)

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  Mark52479 May 14, 2017 12:30

  If you go to this thread they are working on implementing rain sensors. 

   

   

   

  https://support.rainmachine.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/218847768-Create-the-ability-to-attach-a-3rd-party-rain-sensor?page=1#community_comment_115003512668

   

   

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  Nospam101 May 23, 2017 00:15

   I have a Mini 8 that I already use a rain sensor with.

  A senor is not a gauge. It just cuts off watering for a certain amount of time.

  If it rains a half an inch I would like the the controller to compensate according to the amount of rain received.

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  Old Spaghetti June 09, 2017 01:54

  Acurite makes a wireless rain gauge that sells for around $25.  Problem is interfacing it from the receiver to the Rain Machine.  However, the rain detector is a tipping bucket with a magnetic reed switch.  If I recall correctly each tip of the bucket equals .01 inch of rain.  Wouldn't take much to scrap the wireless portion and run a pair of wires from the reed switch to the Rain Machine.  Would the new interface on the RM be able to interpret that?

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