Hi Everyone,
I'm just wondering how you store your datalogger probes. We purchased 5 data loggers at the end of last year with a heap of probes to go with them. I currently have 5 containers with a set of probes in each one. This means that I have to go to 5 containers to get the 5 pH probes out. I'm thinking that it would be more convenient to have all the same probes in the one container, but this would mean having several smaller containers and I don't really have the space to store them (the larger ones are next to my desk in the staffroom still waiting for me to find room for them in the storeroom or one of the labs...), so if you have any ideas I would love to hear them!
Thanks,
Rosalie
We have our Data Harvest probes in clear sealed tupperware containers. All the temp probes are together, light gates in another etc with a label on the lid with what the probe is and the equipment stored in each container for quick reference by the staff. pH and dissolved oxygen do have their individual containers as it is rare more than 1 is needed at a time and they are a bit more fragile than other sensors.
It saves the teachers searching through loads of bags with different probes and adaptors and trying to match up what they need for a prac.
Quick and effective and if the container is only as big as it needs to be to fit the probe then you save space too!
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We bought one of those small set of draws on wheels,there is 5 draws bit less than 1M high, data loggers and chargers on the top draw and probes have their own draw or 2 to a draw, looks neat and easy to find bits and pieces.
cheers Lisa
Any advances on data logger storage? I just searched for ideas on here and found my original query from 2008 I don't remember what we ended up doing with our probes back then. I think I ended up with a kazillion containers that were quite cumbersome. The current school I am at is still building up a collection so mostly we only have one or two of each one that we need so a container per probe type isn't really going to work for us at this point. I currently have them in the zip bags they come in, and all thrown in a box together. This works until people start putting them away not zipped back up, and then other people come rummaging through... and then there are empty packets and loose sensors in the box (current situation that has prompted this request for ideas!).
HELP!!
We use the Vernier Go Direct system if that makes a difference to anything...
I don't remember what we ended up doing with our probes back then. I think I ended up with a kazillion containers that were quite cumbersome. The current school I am at is still building up a collection so mostly we only have one or two of each one that we need so a container per probe type isn't really going to work for us at this point. I currently have them in the zip bags they come in, and all thrown in a box together. This works until people start putting them away not zipped back up, and then other people come rummaging through... and then there are empty packets and loose sensors in the box (current situation that has prompted this request for ideas!).