Fine Offset WH1080 Transmitter Spare or New WS?

[Cancunia]

My Clas Ohlson branded WH1080 transmitter has finally given up. I've had a quick search around and can't see any spares other than a Chinese source on eBay so I'm wondering if it's time for a new station. 

Does anyone have suggestions for a good value weather station that's available in the UK?

Thanks

[Jimi Lawson]

My Maplin N96FY (WH1081) transmitter failed this year after 11 years service I took a chance and bought one of these from Aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1000001882199.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.19ce1802N94q7L  works perfectly. I don't know if it's compatible with the WH1080 but worth investigating/searching on Aliexpress

Jimi

[Jimi Lawson]

Further to the above, IIRC the only difference between the 1080 &1081 is that the 1080 console has a radio controlled clock

Jimi

[Cancunia]

Thanks for the link, unfortunately my Clas O. version needs the DCF from the transmitter, none of the Maplin units had this feature AFAIK. There was a time when Maplin sold the transmitters separately but I didn't buy one due to the DCF issue.

Maybe it's time for a new station..

[Jimi Lawson]

That's a pity, I  was under the impression the time signal came from the console not the transmitter , but reading the manual seems to indicate otherwise.

I bought spare outdoor sensors when Maplin were closing down so have 2 of everything, the only thing I didn't buy was the outdoor transmitter !

SInce I replaced the transmitter  I managed to repair the original outdoor transmitter, unfortunately  then  the console USB connection failed, so I had no way of getting the data from the console to my PC. 

I ended up using a USB SDR dongle, and a  RPi 3B (both of which I had) running WEEWX to pick up the outdoor transmitter signal Pressure and indoor humidity/temp come from a BME280 connected to the PI, seems to work well so far.

Jimi

[Δημήτρης Βήχος]

Clas Ohlson transmiter works on 868mhz  , Maplin N96FY  works on 433mhz. maybe this spare part  of climet wetather station clone of wh1080 works on you in 868mhz

https://www.climemet.com/collections/climemet-spares-accessories/products/cm2016-th-replacement-thermo-hygro-sensor-for-cm2016

[Mark Fraser]

Have you tried looking at https://greenfrogscientific.co.uk/ ? They do
sometimes stock spare transmitters.

[Cancunia]

Thanks for the link.

[kufuu]

This should be the replacement sensor,

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2252799815567447.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000014.1.9cf26ff0KgmCx0&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller&scm=1007.40050.362094.0&scm_id=1007.40050.362094.0&scm-url=1007.40050.362094.0&pvid=1c2a5fb3-0365-46b2-befa-1f64543fbb3f&_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreOtherSeller,scm-url:1007.40050.362094.0,pvid:1c2a5fb3-0365-46b2-befa-1f64543fbb3f,tpp_buckets:668%232846%238116%232002&pdp_npi=4%40dis%21USD%2122.38%2115.89%21%21%2122.38%21%21%402103250717023460875403140e1224%2159788193806%21rec%21US%21%21AB

[Keir Wayman]

Thanks for the link, unfortunately that item does not mention the DCF clock so it will not work properly with my station. 

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[Auchtermuchty Weather]

I replaced mine with a 'Waldbeck Halley' which is a WH2650 clone. More robust sensors, it has a tiny solar panel so no changing of batteries, and no need to run a USB cable from the base station to the Pi. It uses the GW1000 driver, and the base station connects via wifi to your home network.

[Cancunia]

Thanks for the info about the Waldbeck Halley, it looks like a good station.