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Haxby

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Joined: 07/07/2008
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Posted: 12:36pm 16 Apr 2009
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I know you can make your own anemometer cups but I am after a store bought unit just like the one from otherpower.com

Problem is the otherpower ones are $20 plus $30 shipping in USD so it would be close to $80 AUD

Is there a local Australian option for the cups?
 
Gizmo

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Joined: 05/06/2004
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Posted: 12:49pm 16 Apr 2009
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I made my little one from ping pong balls. Buggers to cut in half!

Next time you go grocery shopping look at the cooking untensiles. 3 soup ladles would work, or if you want to go big, try 3 woks

Glenn
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Tinker

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Posted: 02:10pm 16 Apr 2009
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I made mine from the top rounded end of plastic towball covers. Not too hard to cut off accurately in the lathe after inserting a wood plug to stop the chuck squashing the plastic.
These things seem to last and last, anemometer has been going for over 20 years now, black plastic cups, unpainted.
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Dinges
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Joined: 04/01/2008
Location: Albania
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Posted: 02:20pm 16 Apr 2009
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AU$ 27.50 cheap enough ?

This one turned up after some quick googling for the search terms 'anemometer davis replacement parts wind cups australia':

http://www.davisinstruments.com.au/products/other_items/7903 L_windcups_large.html

http://www.davisinstruments.com.au/price_list.html

I suggest you google yourself a bit more, as the above hit was the first one I checked; there are likely better deals out there.

Peter.Edited by Dinges 2009-04-18
 
Bernie the Bolt

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Joined: 26/10/2006
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Posted: 02:31pm 16 Apr 2009
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Not sure if you have this product in AUS - vanish stain remover for clothes washing. Sold in a bright neo pink canister contains measure which is a half sphere.
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