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Just a heads up. I was having some issues with my wind speed (anemometer) on my Altalab weather station. I used some canned air to blow the dust out of it and thought maybe it was fixed.

It was not, and I made a fatal error. I picked up a can of electric motor cleaner, not electronic contact cleaner which was sitting right beside it.

Needless to say even the most powerful brake cleaner could not have done a better job of turning this thing into a pile of trash. It literally fell apart in my hands.

That was a $226 dollar mistake so learn from my screw up and don't clean yours with anything other than air. Lesson learned.


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One bright spot Cash, it might have been no good already. You may have just given it a spectacular burial..lol


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Hey Vern:

So carb cleaner is also out of the question?

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Dave,

I think you’re correct. I don’t think it was fixable, I’ve had it a long time. I was going to send it in but decided to try to clean it with something besides air. Now it’s in a number of pieces.


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While we are talking about Altalab wind. I have a question about the cups. My system has the smaller 3-cup arrangement and noticed systems with larger cups. Makes me wonder which ones are more accurate or are they calibrated per unit? Mine don't spin as fast as the large.??? I could call Altalab, but probably would get more opinions from racers.
 
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They claim the larger cups are more accurate. I’m assuming they’re more sensitive to lower wind speeds. At least that’s what they say on their website. I did have the larger cups on mine.


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Wasn't aware there are 2 sizes cups, must be a relatively new change. My unit was purchased in 2018 and it has the same size cups as my friends and competitors.
 
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Ed,

You have the larger cups. They have been out for quite some time.


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Would that be a B or C Cup? Smile


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C Cup, bigger IS better, more accurate at low wind speed.

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