Hi Mapantz, you’ve made the right decision I think. It was confirmed by my mate this morning that the reed switch was, in all probability, the reason for the bizarre rainfall readings yesterday and overnight even when it wasn’t raining.
And why was rainfall was being recorded when the cable into the rain socket had been pulled out?
The reed switch has now been removed but until I get past midnight there’s no point editing my rain records as they’re overwritten by the data in today.ini and Dec21.log.
It just so happens yesterday was one of the wettest in this area all year with many stations on WU recording 1.3” or more. I’ll be estimating my rainfall based on those and also using Mark’s station 4 miles from me.
Fortunately the editing capability of the original Cumulus software is excellent making it easy to revert to my original all-time and monthly records. Records I really do treasure.
I’ve ordered two reed switches from WeatherSpares and those should arrive by Saturday. My mate will then fit one and with any luck it will last another 13 years.
It’s always a stressful time when weather kit plays up but why never on a warm summer day? Yesterday was filthy up here.