The Rainlogger 5 is an inexpensive datalogger designed to record the tips of a standard tipping-bucket rain gauge. This compact and durable field unit offers long-term reliabilityand convenience with a battery that lasts up to 10 years, and ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection with an ABS housing. The event time stamp and total rainfall per time period is logged in non-volatile memory, which holds up to 100,000 readings. Sampling is event based, as the Rainlogger 5 records and saves each tip of the tipping-bucket as it happens. Advantages Single-eye optical for fast, reliable communication ABS housing provides excellent ESD protection Memory for up to 100,000 time stamped readings Low maintenance with 10 year battery Designed to be used with most tipping-buckets Compatible with Solinst Telemetry Systems Applications Measuring local precipitation Determining peak rainfall events Stormwater management Remote monitoring of watersheds Ideal for correlating precipitation events to: Groundwater and surface water data Watershed and drainage basin studies Agricultural and forestry studies
