Following on from the thread back in December, I saw that these weather stations were back in Lidl today, so I bought one. It has a wireless sensor for sensing outside temperature, although I want it for checking the temperature in the loft, near the pipes. I'll have to wait a few months for the weather to turn cold again, though!
MM
You're not in Britain then? Here you would only need to wait a few days for the weather to go cold.
It works perfectly! I finally got around to setting it up this morning, with the remote sensor in the roof space, hanging from one of the cross-braces.
Temperature in downstairs hall (not much sun during day) is 18 deg C. Temperature in roof space: 28 deg C, which certainly felt around right when I went up there an hour ago.
MM
Well, mine will remain up in the roof space, since I really only want to check the temperature once winter kicks in. Perhaps they don't work so well outside with rain and snow.
MM
Final update at 05:20am this morning: Temperature in downstairs hall:
17.4 deg C, temperature in roof space: 12.3 deg C.As a matter of interest, the remote sensor is positioned in the roof space at a straight line distance from the main unit of roughly the height of an average two-storey 3-bed detached. There are two ceilings for the sensor's signal to penetrate, but no walls.
Since the thing only cost £9.99 I'm well happy!
MM
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