Every 15 minutes a computer reads a number of "one-wire" thermometers located at interesting places around the ranch. The most recent readings are reported here.
Clicking on the thermometer location link gives a plot of Temperature vs. Day for that thermometer over the past 7 days.
Set the number of days used for these temperature and water usage graphs here.
1: Thermometer (id=1048b635010800e8) reports T = 66.6 degrees F Server Room Desk 2: Thermometer (id=1018bf3501080035) reports T = 63.5 degrees F Server Room Floor 3: Thermometer (id=10ecbe3501080056) reports T = 68.6 degrees F Server Room Ceiling 4: Thermometer (id=10e2ae3501080039) reports T = 65.4 degrees F Master Bedroom 5: Thermometer (id=1096b435010800bc) reports T = 41.9 degrees F Attic High East 6: Thermometer (id=10f5ad35010800a9) reports T = 43.0 degrees F Attic High Center 7: Thermometer (id=10c39c35010800bf) reports T = 41.2 degrees F Front Porch Air 8: Thermometer (id=10c7ab35010800b6) reports T = 43.7 degrees F Pumphouse Air 9: Thermometer (id=107fb135010800d1) reports T = 185.2 degrees F Pumphouse Sky 10: Thermometer (id=28e0e4140100006f) reports T = 44.2 degrees F Garage/Workshop 11: Thermometer (id=2818e014010000a3) reports T = 51.3 degrees F 30 in. Under Ground 12: Thermometer (id=28d8fd14010000ac) reports T = 50.6 degrees F Breezeway 13: Thermometer (id=28d8f4140100005f) reports T = 37.5 degrees F Garden Mullberry Tree 14: Thermometer (id=28b4f9140100000d) reports T = 42.5 degrees F Attic High West 15: Thermometer (id=28f40015010000a2) reports T = 39.4 degrees F Vegetable Garden 16: Thermometer (id=289cfd1401000005) reports T = 66.2 degrees F Living Room 17: Thermometer (id=28c2f814010000ea) reports T = 41.5 degrees F Back Patio 18: Thermometer (id=28d2de14010000d5) reports T = 41.7 degrees F Garden Tub 19: Thermometer (id=28deec14010000af) reports T = 44.6 degrees F Garden Pond 20: Thermometer (id=28a1e214010000b1) reports T = 35.9 degrees F Platform 21: Thermometer (id=2885f71401000075) reports T = 38.4 degrees F Chicken House 22: Thermometer (id=28d7e41401000007) reports T = 39.8 degrees F Lower Greenhouse 23: Thermometer (id=28ef03150100004f) reports T = 38.7 degrees F Upper Greenhouse
The Pumphouse air and sky thermometers were temporarily placed inside the new pumphouse on November 30, 2008 at 16:00 after installing the new pumphouse.
The attic fan was enabled on June 16, 2008 at 22:00.
The attic fan was disabled on July 9, 2008 at 22:46.
The attic fan was enabled on August 16, 2008 at 06:57.
The attic fan was disabled on August 16, 2008 at 22:24.
"Pump Water" is measured on the pump water pipe just after it comes out of the well. There is insulation surrounding the thermometer and pipe so that this reading should be pretty close to the water temperature coming out of the well.
"Pumphouse Air" is the temperature of a 2" clean copper disk located about 4' above the ground. It is attached underneath a styrofoam block so that it should reliably give the air temperature and be insensitive to the sunlight and sky radiation. The pumphouse is about 100' from the ranch house.
"Pumphouse Sky" is the temperature of a 2" painted copper disk located on the upperside of the styrofoam block. The grayish-blue paint color is believed to be a good absorber of infrared radiation so that when this disk is not in direct sunlight, it gives an indication of the sky temperature. Even in the daytime, the sky is usually quite a bit cooler than the air. This arrangement will be improved before long.
"Garden Pond" thermometer is about 15 inches below the surface where the pond is 32 inches deep.
"30 inches Under Ground" is near the pump house, 100' north of the house. It is shaded by an oak tree most of the time.

This graph shows the total time that the 3 kilowatt pump was operating vs. actual time for the past 7 days. For each hour the pump runs, 1344 gallons of water are pumped and 3 kW-hours of electricity are consumed. This data helps us quickly detect leaks in our ranch irrigation and animal water systems.
September 22, 2007 0.2" (First rain since May) December 7, 2007 1.3" December 14, 2007 New grass appearing in fields! December 18, 2007 1.8" December 20, 2007 0.6" December 29, 2007 0.3" January 4-6, 2008 2.5" January 7, 2008 0.1" January 22-25, 2008 2.7" (with a tiny bit of snow) January 26-27, 2008 1.0" January 27-28, 2008 0.8" Jaunary 31, 2008 0.3" February 1-2, 2008 0.9" February 20-21, 2008 1.4" February 23-24, 2008 0.9" May 25, 2008 0.2" May 26-27, 2008 1.4" Total for 2007-8 season: 16.4" October 4, 2008 0.2" October 31, 2008 0.4" November 1-2, 2008 1.5" November 4, 2008 0.2" November 8, 2008 0.8" November 26-27, 2008 1.4" December 13, 2008 0.2" December 14, 2008 1.0" December 21, 2008 1.1" December 23, 2008 0.2" December 25, 2008 0.8" January 2, 2008 0.3" Total for 2008-9 season: 8.1" so far
PHP code or plotting scripts last updated: December 26, 2008
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