I built a tipping bucket type rain a while ago. 0.5 mm of rain per tip which
activates a magnetic reed switch and it is then logged.

I have an official Met Office funnel type rain gauge which I use for all my
rainfall measurements.

When I compare the two I find that the tipping bucket gauge generally
under-records by about 10%.
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Nick G
Exe Valley, Devon
50 m amsl