Rain

Rain meter

  • Article No.

    G316

  • Application

    The rain meter is used for measuring quantites of precipitation. The heater-equipped version may be used for detecting rain as well as snow.

  • Functional description

    Rain water is collected in a funnel and routed towards a tilting scale. When a certain quantity of rain water (maximum 0.2 mm) has entered the scale tilts, converting the precipitation quantity into a digital signal using a reed contact. The reed contact of the rain quantity measuring unit is usually closed and opens in case of a pulse for a duration of 260 ms. When registering 100% rain quantity, only tilts 5...6 times per minute, which corresponds to 1...1.2 l/m² rain (60...72 l/m² rain per hour). Greater rain quantities are not taken into consideration.

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