2019 demo logger started on 6/3/2019

Last year’s demo logger data stream was very successful. It demonstrated the stability of my SDI-12 adapters for long-term data logging. It ran between June and October (Minnesota is cold) for 124 days. Except for occasional power outage at my house, the logger was running without a problem using the 1.5.0 logging script. This year I updated the logging script to 1.6.0 and have got a CCTV power bank to use as a backup power supply in case of power outage.

Here is a battery similar to mine that is sold on amazon.com:

The nice thing about this battery is that it gets charged via the 12V power barrel and discharged via the USB connector while it is charged. Most power banks can only be charged or discharged but not both. This one does them simultaneously. It is always charged to full when there is power in the AC. The USB port always has 5V power either from the AC or from its internal battery. Essentially this is a cheap Uninterruptible Power Supply. There is no surge protection except if your power strip has it. It is also very compact. I’ll embed it in an enclosure for a more complete enclosed logger later this month.

I expect to see next to zero down time due to this battery. This is also great for the raspberry pi since every time it loses power it could corrupt the SD card a little.

Here is the first day of data. We had some rain in the afternoon.

You can visit the live stream by clicking here.