Thursday, June 24, 2010

Thursday 06/24/2010

Good day. Finally got all the sensors placed wired and hanging, then wired up the datalogger and the computer wouldn’t connect. an unknown error. i tried to error check in the car and it seemed to connect fine. tomorrow we will return to diagnosis if one of the wind sensors is perhaps shorting out the logger connection….

 

Returning home I was testing the Trupulse laser and it wouldn’t work either! arg…following an hour of frustration I placed it in a zip lock bag with a desiccant , after 4 hours it was working fine again! scary. guess the humidity even here in the dry season is too much for some electronics?

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Angelica working hard to do the ground connecting while I was arranging the hanging mechanisms from 70 feet up.

 

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sensors hanging, view from about 50 feet up.

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the insanity of trying to wire 4 climate stations with an imminent rain storm approaching.

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the weatherproof system we devised, including a great rechargeable eva-dry desiccant.

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After all that, we had to unwire it and bring it back to the car (and then home) for more trouble shooting….