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Weather => Weather Hardware/Measurement => Topic started by: elagache on October 23, 2014, 10:36:27 PM

Title: Instructions on replacing a Davis ISS circuit board?
Post by: elagache on October 23, 2014, 10:36:27 PM
Dear WeatherCat Davis fans,

This is a long shot and I'll post the same question on WX-Forum since that's a larger crowd, but after all this is home!  [sun2]

Would anybody have come across a set of instructions for replacing the circuit board on a Davis ISS?  It looks straightforward except for one thing.  The circuit board includes the radio antenna.  Here is a photo of the circuit board from the Scaled Instruments website:

(https://www.scaledinstruments.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/7345.976small.jpg)

I suppose you need to push the antenna through somehow, but that looks a little tricky.

Any advice would be most welcome!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]

Title: WXForum thread (Re: Replacing a Davis ISS circuit board?)
Post by: elagache on October 24, 2014, 10:12:07 PM
Dear WeatherCat Davis station maintainers,

The folks on WXForum indeed had all the information needed to replace a Davis ISS circuit board.  It is described in this thread over there:

http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=13362.0 (http://www.wxforum.net/index.php?topic=13362.0)

So, . . . if anybody else has this problem, that's where to go!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Da' patient survived da' transplant! (Re: Replacing a Davis ISS circuit board?)
Post by: elagache on October 28, 2014, 08:58:14 PM
Dear WeatherCat Davis amateur surgeons,

The donor organ (new ISS circuit board and enclosure) arrived from Scaled Instruments yesterday.  I had found this Davis video thanks to the folks on the WXForum:

http://youtu.be/sCN3cuqaEEc?list=UUgn5i9-mfK4gQPTdLvXA8ZA (http://youtu.be/sCN3cuqaEEc?list=UUgn5i9-mfK4gQPTdLvXA8ZA)

I followed the video carefully and in about 15 minutes I had replaced the circuit board and enclosure.  My station has been running happily ever since!  I hope I have at last solved my problem of da' battery glutton once and for all!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: Instructions on replacing a Davis ISS circuit board?
Post by: Blicj11 on October 28, 2014, 09:04:54 PM
Nice to hear these things can be done. Hopefully you still have at least a couple of batteries left in your Herb-sized pack.
Title: Only 1 battery left!! (Re: Replacing a Davis ISS circuit board?)
Post by: elagache on October 29, 2014, 09:18:44 PM
Dear Blick and WeatherCat Davis station caregivers,

Quote from: Blicj11 on October 28, 2014, 09:04:54 PM
Nice to hear these things can be done. Hopefully you still have at least a couple of batteries left in your Herb-sized pack.

Well, . . . . the good news is that I didn't run out, but just by 1 battery!! (http://www.canebas.org/WeatherCat/Forum_support_documents/Custom_emoticons/eek2.gif) 

I have a new 8-pack on order . . . . just in case!

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: Instructions on replacing a Davis ISS circuit board?
Post by: Blicj11 on October 30, 2014, 03:03:35 AM
Good. I think Herb gets a small commission on each 8-pack.  ;)
Title: Re: Instructions on replacing a Davis ISS circuit board?
Post by: Bull Winkus on October 31, 2014, 10:40:37 PM
Ha, Ha! I wish. Congratulations Edouard! All's swell that ends well.

When I've got more time and motivation, I'm going to look into this to see I it can't be a path to repairing my wrecked sister station for less than sending it back to Davis.