Dear xairbusdriver and subscribers to my darn
"mellar-drama" . . . .
First things first, guess what happened again this morning:
The time is slightly different, but the overall effect is every similar. Here is the overall status:
Here is the Live Data view:
The whole experience leads me to wonder about an EFI interference of some sort. However, it would most likely be an automated source to be so uniform. A HAM radio operator would operate at other times besides early morning and isn't like to be disciplined enough to keep all transmissions between an hour and 90 minutes.
Oh well, . . . .
It is wireless. If it was cabled I couldn't have the problems I'm struggling with. It is the station transmitter that is having the power supply switching "abnormalities."
I'm a bit (OK, a LOT) confused. What does the AC Adaptor have to do with the wireless board on the ISS? I thought the only adaptor for the wireless model was for the Console (or the data logger, if used). I think there is a jack for the power/communications cable on all the Vantage models, however. Of course, I don't even have physical access to the thing, so consider the source!
It turns out that you can power a station transmitter with the standard Davis AC adapter. I found that out on the WXForum and thought this would surely solve all my problems. Here is some pictures of my current station setup. Instead of just having the temperature/humidity probe under the deck, it now looks like this:
The box on the left is a Davis 6382 enclosure that now houses the station transmitter board that came from my original Davis station. Here is what that box looks like on the inside:
As you can see, all the data cables for all the instruments are coming to this box. If you look carefully, you can see the labels I attached to the wires so I could keep track of which cable went with which instrument. As indicated at the top, there is a Davis AC adapter plugged into a jack at the top of the transmitter board just above the battery holder. You can see the ferrite clamp along the right side of the box.
This should have ended any power issues once and for all. No matter how much current any sensor could need, so long as it was a standard Davis instrument, the station transmitter should have all the power it could ever use. Since I had bought AC to this location, it was easy to power a fan to improve the accuracy of the temperature/humidity sensor.
This should have solved my problems - right?
*Heavy sigh* . . . . .
Oh well, . . . . . Edouard