• After witnessing the continued decrease of involvement in the SpotterNetwork staff in serving SN members with troubleshooting issues recently, I have unilaterally decided to terminate the relationship between SpotterNetwork's support and Stormtrack. I have witnessed multiple users unable to receive support weeks after initiating help threads on the forum. I find this lack of response from SpotterNetwork officials disappointing and a failure to hold up their end of the agreement that was made years ago, before I took over management of this site. In my opinion, having Stormtrack users sit and wait for so long to receive help on SpotterNetwork issues on the Stormtrack forums reflects poorly not only on SpotterNetwork, but on Stormtrack and (by association) me as well. Since the issue has not been satisfactorily addressed, I no longer wish for the Stormtrack forum to be associated with SpotterNetwork.

    I apologize to those who continue to have issues with the service and continue to see their issues left unaddressed. Please understand that the connection between ST and SN was put in place long before I had any say over it. But now that I am the "captain of this ship," it is within my right (nay, duty) to make adjustments as I see necessary. Ending this relationship is such an adjustment.

    For those who continue to need help, I recommend navigating a web browswer to SpotterNetwork's About page, and seeking the individuals listed on that page for all further inquiries about SpotterNetwork.

    From this moment forward, the SpotterNetwork sub-forum has been hidden/deleted and there will be no assurance that any SpotterNetwork issues brought up in any of Stormtrack's other sub-forums will be addressed. Do not rely on Stormtrack for help with SpotterNetwork issues.

    Sincerely, Jeff D.

Southerly Exposure

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TonyLunn

I have just installed a Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station. For the most part, I did the installation as recommended by Davis. My question may seem ridiculous, but I am going to ask anyway:

According to the manual, in order to get maximum sun exposure on the solar panels, the ISS should be positioned south. I did position the 4x4 mounting post in a southerly direction and after the ISS was finally mounted, I found the solar panels were aimed 163 degrees. This is only 17 degrees from being positioned true south and I would like to think this is acceptable, but is it important the panels be positioned in a true south direction? Or, is just a southerly direction sufficient?

Thanks for your expert opinion!

TVL
 
Yes, that is very much sufficient. The batteries alone can power the ISS for a very long time without any sun (I've heard several years).
 
I wasn't exactly south and minus a connection coming out in the T sensor I haven't had a problem with the Pro 2 in a few years. Only operator error! :) I don't think it matters if you are exactly south on the ISS so long as you get good solar exposure. Everything else needs to line up as directed however so the wind direction is exact, etc.

http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=CW1569!Grayslake&last=120

Not an expert opinion but perhaps a successful Davis weather station owner.
And no question is a stupid question.
Laura
 
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