Lighting Strikes erroneous count

[Clay Jackson]

I've got an Accurite lightning sensor. right now feeding WeeWx 4.8 and also 4.5.1.  It's configured like this:

strikes_total = strikes_total.002B.AcuriteLightningPacket

[[deltas]]

lightning_strike_count = strikes_total

In 4.5.1,  I see no strikes, but during the same time period, 4.8 reports seemingly RANDOM strike counts.

I ran debug, and in 4.8. found ALL the LOOP records with 94 as strikes_total.  However, I found several (but not ALL) REC records with values like 95.586..... and the a non-zero strike count.

Is something going on in the deltas calculation in 4.8?   And what are REC records?

Thanks

Clay Jackson