W. Watson said:
As it turns out, I decided to climb the ladder and see what battery was
in the station. It's identical to the 123. If I look closely at the
package, it shows the 123 is a replacement for several 123s, including
the CR123A.
When I put the new battery in, the weather console in the house began
receiving the signal. Strangely though the console shows a message ab
the bottom of the screen, "Low battery on station". This was there
before, and has been there since I purchased the device last April. The
old battery reads 3.02v. I inspected the area inside the housing and it
showed no moisture. Very odd behavior from the station though.
I have this very same weather station. I put it on top of my 40Ft radio
tower in November. The battery is a standard 123A lithium battery and
the Duracell you mention is the same type. It is a 3V battery. I use
the batteries in a few different high intensity flashlights, new they
have a voltage of just over 3V like you said yours has. I believe the
number of the battery indicates that it is a single cell (1) 2/3 length
(23) A size battery. 'A' is a standard battery size just like D, C, AA,
AAA etc, just not as common and generally only found in rechargeable
NiCd, NiMH or Lithium Ion cells.
It is my understanding that the solar cell on the standard Vantage 2 pro
simply augments the battery when the sun is up and I think it may charge
a capacitor to help for a short time after the sun is down. My station
will give the same low battery warning from time to time. It only does
the low battery check once a day. On my station it will often go away
right after midnight. Not sure why the low battery warning comes and
goes. Next time I tilt my radio tower down, I will replace it just in
case but I have heard of people getting over 3 years of use from their
stations when they are exposed to lots of sunlight.
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