Does someone have a suggestion for an anemometer that can be attached to my single pole wind turbine tower about 100ft. up? I would like it to transmit live data wirelessly and be battery powered and/or somehow tap into the turbine power. It would be located about 400ft. away from the house and has some trees that may block the signal slightly. I also don't want to spend an arm and a leg for this... I could handle any programming necessary to receive the anemometer data.
Thanks.
Hi David, I this may be overkill for what you want, but I have had a great experience with the Wireless Davis vantage pro 2 system.
http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/weather_product.asp?pnum=06162
It has a full weather station and a remote receiver.
You can buy a separate transmitter that I think you can use to gather and transmit just the anemometer data:
http://www.davisnet.com/weather/products/weather_product.asp?pnum=06332
I am a novice, and I don't have wind turbine. But I have been using it to collect data related to my site. I have been surprised at how far this system will transmit. I have the weather station and the receiver separated by a 1/4 mile of light density pine, with the receiver is inside a trailer.
take care, GP.
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I recommend the Vantage Vue by Davis weather station for easy wireless.
//www.vantagevue.com/David
If you are adventurous, you can go the DIY route.