It sounds to me that Marius is most likely correct. If it's working during the day then the solar panel must be working, and the bad supercap is draining the battery so it doesn't work at night. (The solar panel does not charge the battery, just the supercap, the battery is not rechargeable and is just for backup.) The supercap can be replaced if you have some soldering skills, or know someone who can do it for you. Also the output of the solar panel in sunlight can be tested before buying a new one, but again, to me it appears to be working.
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 4:40:31 PM UTC-6 vince wrote: > Highly recommend Scaled. Use their contact link if you have questions. > The other vendor was Scientific Sales but they don’t seem to have many > parts anymore. Both had great customer service for me. > > On Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 1:47:22 PM UTC-7 Charlie Fortner wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2024, at 16:20, 'Daniel Rich' via weewx-user wrote: >> >> The panel prices have gone up — $86.57 with shipping. >> >> >> That's very expensive. Have you looked at Scaled Instruments? Vince >> included a link to their selection of Davis parts in an earlier message. >> I've ordered many parts and at least one VP2 from them. They are very >> helpful and their prices are good. >> >> >> Charlie >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/c2f751c9-ca40-4d9e-9103-fec4d05c605an%40googlegroups.com.
