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 = 67.9 degrees F Server Room Desk 2: Thermometer (id=1018bf3501080035) reports T = 65.0 degrees F Server Room Floor 3: Thermometer (id=10ecbe3501080056) reports T = 70.0 degrees F Server Room Ceiling 4: Thermometer (id=10e2ae3501080039) reports T = 66.7 degrees F Master Bedroom 5: Thermometer (id=1096b435010800bc) reports T = 64.2 degrees F Attic High East 6: Thermometer (id=10f5ad35010800a9) reports T = 64.3 degrees F Attic High Center 7: Thermometer (id=10c39c35010800bf) reports T = 55.4 degrees F Front Porch Air 8: Thermometer (id=28e0e4140100006f) reports T = 58.2 degrees F Garage/Workshop 9: Thermometer (id=2818e014010000a3) reports T = 52.9 degrees F 30 in. Under Ground 10: Thermometer (id=28d8fd14010000ac) reports T = 58.5 degrees F Breezeway 11: Thermometer (id=2894fc1401000069) reports T = 63.0 degrees F Pumphouse Interior
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.
The attic fan was enabled on July 15, 2009 at 00:20.
The attic fan was disabled on July 19, 2009 at 04:53.
The attic fan was enabled on July 20, 2009 at 01:12.
The attic fan was disabled on September 29, 2009 at 11:16.
The attic fan was enabled on July 15, 2010 at 09:52.
The attic fan was disabled on September 9, 2010 at 08:22.
"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.
The "Living Room" thermometer had been poorly placed and was cooled by leaky air from the attic. It was placed in the room air at 01:55 Nov 29, 2010, and then gave a reading consistent with other thermometers in the living room.
The "Back Patio" thermometer was moved up and away from the house a bit at 4 pm, December 9, 2010. The early morning winter sun was hitting it causing a spike in its reading. It is now 1 foot below the patio roof and 3 feet from the house.
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.
The pump black wire opened about 20 feet above the pump depth on Nov. 3, 2010, at 10 pm. It was repaired by 11 am November 5, 2010. The usage record contains a bogus 5 extra hours as a result of that failure.
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"
Subtotal: 4.2"
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"
Subtotal: 7.8"
January 2, 2009 0.3"
January 4, 2009 0.3"
January 22-23, 2009 1.5"
January 23-24, 2009 1.8"
February 5-6, 2009 0.4"
February 8-9, 2009 0.7"
February 11, 2009 0.4"
February 15-17, 2009 1.6"
February 21-23, 2009 0.6"
March 1, 2009 0.4"
March 3, 2009 0.5"
March 22, 2009 1.2"
April 8, 2009 1.0"
May 1, 2009 0.9"
May 3, 2009 0.2"
June 5, 2009 1.0"
Total for 2008-9 season: 20.6"
September 14, 2009 0.1"
October 13-14, 2009 1.2"
October 19, 2009 0.1"
November 12, 2009 0.5"
December 7, 2009 0.7" (With a few snow flakes)
December 9, 2009 0.75"
December 12-13, 2009 1.25"
December 20-21, 2009 1.00"
December 26, 2009 0.35"
December 28, 2009 0.25"
Subtotal: 6.2"
January 12, 2010 0.75"
January 17, 2010 0.80"
January 18, 2010 0.65"
January 20, 2010 1.40"
January 21-23, 2010 0.80"
January 29, 2010 0.15"
February 4-5, 2010 0.60"
February 6-7, 2010 0.90"
February 9, 2010 0.50"
February 22, 2010 0.60"
February 23-24, 2010 1.15"
February 26-27, 2010 1.15" (again!)
March 2-3, 2010 1.70"
March 10, 2010 0.45"
March 12, 2010 0.85"
March 31, 2010 0.50"
April 4-5, 2010 1.00"
April 11, 2010 0.85"
April 12, 2010 0.95"
April 20, 2010 0.90"
April 21, 2010 0.55"
April 22, 2010 0.20"
April 28, 2010 0.50"
May 9, 2010 0.05"
Total for 2009-2010 season: 24.15"
October 2, 2010 0.40"
October 4, 2010 0.50"
October 22-23, 2010 0.25"
October 24-25, 2010 0.70"
October 29-30, 2010 0.50"
November 7, 2010 1.10"
November 19-20, 2010 1.00"
November 20-21, 2010 1.15"
November 21-22, 2010 0.40"
November 23, 2010 0.75"
November 27, 2010 0.50"
December 3, 2010 0.15"
December 4, 2010 0.20"
December 5, 2010 0.65"
December 8-9, 2010 0.10"
December 14-15, 2010 0.50"
December 16-17, 2010 0.15"
December 17-18, 2010 0.90"
December 18-20, 2010 0.75"
December 21-22, 2010 1.25"
December 22-23, 2010 0.25"
December 25, 2010 1.00" Big pond overflowing now
December 27-29, 2010 2.00"
Subtotal: 15.15"
Dec. 31-Jan. 2, 2011 1.85"
January 2-3, 2011 0.25"
January 30, 2011 0.65"
February 16, 2011 0.55"
February 17, 2011 1.05"
February 18-19, 2011 1.50"
February 20, 2011 0.35"
February 24-25, 2011 0.75"
March 1, 2011 0.15"
March 6, 2011 0.20"
March 7, 2011 0.30"
March 9, 2011 First snakes of Spring - 3 garter snakes mating in pond garden
March 14, 2011 0.10"
March 16, 2011 0.35"
March 18, 2011 0.65"
March 19-20, 2011 2.20"
March 22, 2011 0.20"
March 23, 2011 1.20"
March 24, 2011 1.30"
March 25, 2011 0.45"
March 26, 2011 0.25"
April 7, 2011 0.65"
May 6, 2011 First rattlesnake of season killed (near Magic's water trough)
May 9, 2011 0.20" Walk loop path completed.
May 15, 2011 0.65"
May 17, 2011 0.50"
May 28, 2011 0.10"
May 31, 2011 2nd rattlesnake of season killed - near main gate
June 4, 2011 0.75"
June 5-6, 2011 2.10"
June 14, 2011 Big pond has stopped overflowing
June 29, 2011 1.05"
Total for 2010-2011 season: 35.45"
July 30, 2011 3rd rattlesnake killed - on driveway just outside of main gate July 31, 2011 0.01" Brief thunderstorm, 4th rattlesnake killed - outside of chicken coop door September 21, 2011 5th rattlesnake killed - at gate to chicken yard October 4, 2011 Big pond still has some water October 5, 2011 0.90" October 6, 2011 0.50" Rain doubled water volume in big pond. November 3-4, 2011 0.50" Very little in big pond after rainfall. November 6, 2011 0.40" November 11, 2011 0.30" November 19, 2011 0.65" January 20-21, 2012 1.20" January 22-23, 2012 0.80" February 13, 2012 0.70" February 15, 2012 0.55" Total for 2011-2012 season: 6.51"
PHP code or plotting scripts last updated: February 17, 2012
