{"id":400,"date":"2012-10-17T18:12:47","date_gmt":"2012-10-17T22:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cloppermillweather.org\/blog\/?p=400"},"modified":"2012-10-17T18:12:47","modified_gmt":"2012-10-17T22:12:47","slug":"admiral-hopper-would-be-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cloppermillweather.org\/blog\/2012\/10\/17\/admiral-hopper-would-be-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Admiral Hopper Would Be Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a software developer I deal with bugs on a regular basis.\u00a0 Probably more regular than I want to.\u00a0 The origin of the term bug was attributed to Admiral Grace Hopper when she and her team reputedly found a moth in a mechanical relay on the computer they were working with.\u00a0 Or at least the story goes something like that.\u00a0 But now I can totally relate to that experience.\u00a0 I noticed that the outdoor temperature readings from my station were higher then the surrounding stations or even than my outdoor thermometer I have in another part of my yard.\u00a0 I thought that maybe the fan in my aspirated solar shield was running hot and raising the temperature.\u00a0 Upon checking, I found the fan wasn’t turning at all.\u00a0 After I took everything apart I discovered three things.\u00a0 First, the connector I used to wire up the fan was more corroded than I would have liked.\u00a0 Second, there was a large beetle of some sort whose carcass was stuck in the fan blades and preventing it from turning.\u00a0 Third, the fan was blowing air (or would be if it had been turning) over the temperature sensor rather than pulling air past it.\u00a0 I cleaned out the fan blades, turned it around to blow in the other direction (reversing polarity didn’t work), and reconnected the fan.\u00a0 The temperature started dropping immediately.\u00a0 I’ll keep a close watch on it over the next few days.\u00a0 I’ll also look for a more waterproof connector to replace the one I have on there now.\u00a0 I knew better, but it was what I had handy and I thought it would be protected enough inside the solar shield.\u00a0 Anyway, I appear to be back in business.\u00a0 The next few days will tell for sure,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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