Rain Bucket Modification - Fine Offset WH1081

[PalmyWeather]

It has possibly been well documented that the Fine Offset WH1081 and similar have a very shallow rain bucket. Around this time last year I modified the cover of my station to have larger sides using an ice cream plastic container. This worked well however the harsh New Zealand summer sun has taken its toll and is no longer useful.

However my work has started selling this type of weather station. After having a couple of returns I have made an almost perfect modification by using two rain covers.

Using a cutting tool, I took the centre out of one, flipped it upside down and used silicon glue with UV resist to attach it to complete one (unmodified).

Results look much more professional and will probably provide a longer lasting result to fix the shallow bucket problem.

I realise that not everyone has access to such resources, however maybe if you pop into a store selling this model, they too may have returns that you can use to achieve this. We usually give away any parts as replacement.

Undertaking this also helped pass a rather slow day at work.

This adaptation can also be seen on my live webcam http://palmyweather.co.nz/webcams.php

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