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Lidl Radio controled weather station question

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  • 29-01-2010 8:47pm
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    Bernard7
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    Hi

    I have read with great interest the thread about Lidl's weather station as I have bought one myself.

    Either I am getting too old or too stupid but as far as I can see in the instruction book or on the box, there is no specification as to how accurate the readings are.

    Does anyone know what the specification is or where I may find that information?

    I bought mine yesterday and it seems to be fairly accurate and works well. I love the automatic time and date update feature....why isn't it in all electronic equipment that reuires time and date entry. Probably too easy for someone to think....especailly when you consider how long the Rugby time transmitter has been up and running.

    Thank you for you time and effort.

    Regards

    Bernard


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    Iancar29
    Registered Users Posts: 5,068 ✭✭✭Iancar29


    Bernard7 wrote: »
    Hi

    I have read with great interest the thread about Lidl's weather station as I have bought one myself.

    Either I am getting too old or too stupid but as far as I can see in the instruction book or on the box, there is no specification as to how accurate the readings are.

    Does anyone know what the specification is or where I may find that information?

    I bought mine yesterday and it seems to be fairly accurate and works well. I love the automatic time and date update feature....why isn't it in all electronic equipment that reuires time and date entry. Probably too easy for someone to think....especailly when you consider how long the Rugby time transmitter has been up and running.

    Thank you for you time and effort.

    Regards

    Bernard


    If its Lidl , they probably didnt want to tell you! ha.
    ....only messin, ye they should be accurate enough, basically, check your station and compare it to any online station on the IWN page or wit one of ME stations.


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    Euro_Kraut
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    Is there a weather station on sale in LIDL right now?


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    Bernard7
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    Hi

    Lidl UK are selling a radio controlled weather station under the Auriol brand name. It is actually a Digi Tech 4-LD2569-3. It has been on sale in the UK for a couple of months at least so there aren't going to be many left in stores. They are selling for £9.99.

    Basic features are inside and outside temp with a Min and Max memory. It also displays a trend arrow for the temp either up, down or staying the same.

    Digital Clock with day and date which is syncronised to radio transmitter and sets the time and date automatically.

    There is an outside sensor which transmits the outside temp using a UHF radio signal.

    It is not the best thing in the world but it does seem accurate as you would expect with a German company....I have no complaints anyway.

    For the price I think it is reasonable especially after trawling the internet for something similar. There also appeared to be a wide range in accuracy with these devices from + or - 1 degree C to + or - 0.1 degree C for nearly double the price. Hence my question about how accurate the display is. I would not mind betting it is + or - 0.1 degree c or so. Simply there would be no point in displaying tenths of a degree if the error was + or - 1 degree C IMHO.

    Regards

    Bernard


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    Lucas 800
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    My weatherstation some days show the sunrise at 3.58 and the next day at 2.57, a whopping one hour discrepancy (and it's not even daylight savings day). I'm pretty sure I would notice if the earth suddenly speeded up or slowed down by ONE WHOLE HOUR. :eek: And when the remote sender is next to the receiver the error can be over 5%. No wonder the original manufacturer doesn't want to put their own brand name on the thing.


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    Su Campu
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    Believe it or not it could be picking up the time signal from Darmstadt in Germany. I bought an Oregon 928 from Germany and if I have it on auto update it updates to continental time using the signal from germany. I think the wiring in my house is acting as an antenna!


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    gravitino
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    It's only £8.99 and it doesn't have a separate sensor unit and I can't get it to synchronise with the radio clock signal, but it's not too bad.


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    Moac
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Moac


    I have lost the instructions for DIGI-TECH 4-LD2066-4 weather station from Lidl ...

    The radio controlled time has stopped updating. How do I get it to update again?


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    whataname
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    Lucas 800 wrote: »
    No wonder the original manufacturer doesn't want to put their own brand name on the thing.

    +1. I bought one as well and its a piece of junk, made in china like a lot of the lidl stuff but under a European sounding brand name. Was about 4 degrees out and stopped working after a month.I suppose ye get what ye pay for, same as everything else.


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    Snowc
    Registered Users Posts: 613 ✭✭✭Snowc


    The uncle bought one and during the coldsnap in 2010 it read -20 one night and caught fire afterwords :confused:


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