# Magnet location & assembly for rain gauge? Magnet specs?

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**Created:** [April 30, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/t/magnet-location-assembly-for-rain-gauge-magnet-specs/94 "2026-04-30T18:11:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdwxman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mdwxman](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/u/mdwxman)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:11pm UTC](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/t/magnet-location-assembly-for-rain-gauge-magnet-specs/94/1 "2026-04-30T18:11:55Z")

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I’m trying to find a source for the magnet(s) for the rain gauge and its location in the rain gauge. Aside from the “1/8 inch by 1/16 inch, diametrically aligned” note here I cannot find instructions for magnet’s placement or a source for the magnet. Can you help?

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**Author:** ![wnicewonger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58f4c7/32.png) [@wnicewonger](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/u/wnicewonger)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 6:26pm UTC](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/t/magnet-location-assembly-for-rain-gauge-magnet-specs/94/2 "2026-04-30T18:26:17Z")

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Hello. This is the place we source ours from: [1/8 x 1/16 Inch Neodymium Rare Earth Disc Magnet N52 (10 Pack) d21b-n52 | K&J Magnetics](https://www.kjmagnetics.com/d21b-n52-neodymium-disc-magnet)

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**Author:** ![mdwxman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mdwxman](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/u/mdwxman)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 7:58pm UTC](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/t/magnet-location-assembly-for-rain-gauge-magnet-specs/94/3 "2026-04-30T19:58:09Z")

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thanks. Just getting through to DigiKey proved to be a greater problem than I anticipated. They kept sending me around to different subjects! I guess that means that if you’re even living in Minnesota (and Digi is in Thief River Falls) you don’t get a favorable response. They must be getting really big.

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**Author:** ![wnicewonger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58f4c7/32.png) [@wnicewonger](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/u/wnicewonger)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 8:03pm UTC](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/t/magnet-location-assembly-for-rain-gauge-magnet-specs/94/4 "2026-04-30T20:03:07Z")

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DigiKey is getting huge. Its all over the world now

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**Author:** ![mdwxman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@mdwxman](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/u/mdwxman)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2026, 9:52pm UTC](https://3dpaws.discourse.group/t/magnet-location-assembly-for-rain-gauge-magnet-specs/94/5 "2026-04-30T21:52:40Z")

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And it’s in my back yard…sort of