On 29 Aug 2006 21:43:02 +0100, Adrian D. Shaw wrote:

I don't think the thunderstorm was quite close enough to have had an
effect on the cables, and anyway it happened again later in the evening
when no TS was around.

My money would be on electromagnetic interference of some sort, be it
from lighting or the chap down the road doing a spot of welding...

The LaCrosse is budget kit like my Oregon. That was very prone to picking
up interference on the rain gauge until I fitted a capacitor and resistor
at the head end. This stops the "bucket bounce" problem either from rapid
tipping or very slow tipping. It also improved the immunity to
interference, thunderstorms within 20 miles would drive it potty, switch
some things on/off in the house would also be registered.

I can't remember the series and/or parrallel capacitor/resistor wiring I
used.

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