Honeywell TC150 Wireless Rain Gauge
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Economical way to measure rainfall in locations up to 100 feet awayWireless sensor has transmission range of up to 100 feetMeasures temperatures to as low as minus 38 degrees Fahrenheit and up to 158 degrees FahrenheitFeatures up to seven days of rain collection history
Product Description
Indoor/Outdoor temperature and clock w/backlight. Dual crescendo alarm with snooze. Wireless rain gauge w 7 days of rain collection history. Includes remote sensor. Operates on 4 AA batteries (2 main unit, 2 remote sensor) - not included. This weather station features indoor/outdoor temperature plus quartz time with dual crescendo alarm. Also comes with a handy wireless rain gauge that can collect rain data which it transmits back to the main unit. The perfect item for the weather bug in all of us! Dimensions: 2. 75 x 1. 02 x 5. 43 Warranty: 1 year Item/Inventory Status (Most recent updates in YELLOW): DISCONTINUED - Sell until gone. Estimated Unit Shipping Length ( ): 18. Estimated Unit Shipping Width ( ): 12. Estimated Unit Shipping Height ( ): 7. Estimated Unit Shipping Weight or Dim Weight (lbs): 4.
Spotlight Customer Reviews:
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Honeywell TC150
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It is a piece of Chinese junk. I am surprised this product bears the Honeywell name. The outside temperature reading is 10 degrees higher than the real temperature. The rain readings are inaccurate. Only the clock and the indoor temperatures work well. The rain gauge readings quit working and are now dashes and I can not reset them. Very expensive for just a clock and indoor gauge. I don't want to spend more money returning it because I will probably get another piece of junk.
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Inaccurate
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On the plus side, the bubble makes it easy to level. And I've had no trouble with the distance from the main unit to the remote.
On the minus side, it is grossly inaccurate...as much as 25%. Usually records on the low side, but occasionally also records on the high side. Also, too many screws to get to the batteries in the main unit.
Oregon Scientific is much more accurate, but after a while (one year for one, three years for another) it stops working and no troubleshooting works. La Crosse suffered the same fate.
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Unusable. Range nowhere near claimed limits.
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I mounted the remote rain sensor less than 25 feet from the main uniit and the remote temperature sensor less than 50 feet away in a visible straight-line run. (The temperature sensor was visible through a window, main unit resting on window sill.) Brand new alkaline batteries. Unit failed to maintain communication to both sensors. It works when everything is together on the bench; when you set it up it fails miserably. I'm returning it and will try the Oregon Scientific model instead.
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