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[RSI]

I just looked and it looks like it broke at 4:30
I will have to see what happened to it tomorrow. I might need to find a better quality USB interface if I do try selling these.

[Bull]

RSI I volunteer to come clean off your desk for you.

[Ridgekid]

I noticed it was off too. But thought it was because you went home. Maybe the computer went into sleep mode?

[RSI]

No, that computer stays on. I have my weather station on it that uploads to weather underground.

[Ridgekid]

I actually found your weather station! cool!

[RSI]

How do you like the way the wind always comes from the north? Lol

[Ridgekid]

I have not watched it long enough to see the constant north reading, but after checking it this morning I see it's still north. Is there a story behind that?

[RSI]

direction sensor quit working ...

[oldchenowth]

You guys are WAY beyond my understanding capability.  Does anyone have a camera that would withstand the heat of the burn box?  That way I can prove to my wife that it is actually low on wood or she does not have it in there well enough to burn when I am not home.  She claims she can only get it to 150 when she loads it, I am at 180+ without trying.  I want to prove it can be done and the blower does not have to run all the time to make temp.

[Ridgekid]

oldchenowth-

And we are thinking outside the box? That's a tall order. I know many power plants use them to monitor their boilers. Over a period of time all you can see is if there is fire in the box because the lenses gets dirty pretty fast. With wood burning I imagine this would occur a lot sooner due to creosote build-up. I also bet the cost of one of these cameras are very expensive.

How were you going to attach it? Drill a hole through the door? Just curious.

I know I have done a lot of things to improve my "monitoring" of our OWB, but this one I'll have to pass on.

[RSI]

oldchenowth-

And we are thinking outside the box? That's a tall order. I know many power plants use them to monitor their boilers. Over a period of time all you can see is if there is fire in the box because the lenses gets dirty pretty fast. With wood burning I imagine this would occur a lot sooner due to creosote build-up. I also bet the cost of one of these cameras are very expensive.

How were you going to attach it? Drill a hole through the door? Just curious.

I know I have done a lot of things to improve my "monitoring" of our OWB, but this one I'll have to pass on.

Yeah, the lens will be covered just like everything else in the firebox.
I think I saw one a while ago that used compressed air to keep the lens cool and clean but it probably cost more than the boiler. Lol

[Ridgekid]

Current status of my temp module. So no chance of getting it before the weekend-

Lenexa, KS, United States    11/10/2011    3:16 A.M.    Departure Scan

RSI-
Checked your weather station. I see the "cold front" came through by you at 6PM yesterday. It came through here at 2 am this morning. So about 8 hours from Central Wisconsin to Western Pa.

Also just checked your temp link. I see two logs now. The second one looks better as you can see the actual range of operation.

[Ridgekid]

Oh boy! Going to be a fun weekend after all. It's out on the truck for delivery!!!

Hopefully before the end of weekend I'll have something to share with you all!

[R W Ohio]

I will be watching. Good luck with it.
RW

[Ridgekid]

Thanks! (I'll probably need it)