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What is a collector bucket?

Types of Rain Collectors

Standard rain buckets (or collectors) gather falling precipitation and have to be manually emptied. A self-emptying rain gauge dumps the accumulated rainfall at predetermined intervals. Some units even come with outdoor temperature sensors.

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