WeatherHawk 240 Signature Wireless Weather Station - Manual (Page 12)

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Procedure 2: TP1-GK Guy-Wire Kit Installation
1. Cut the guy-wire cable into three equal length pieces.
2. Loop one end of each guy-wire through a Bracket eye-bolt and clamp the guy-wire using one of
the Clamps provided.
3. Install the Bracket on the tripod mast about six inches (15 cm) from the top of the mast then
loosely tighten the bracket bolts that lock it to the mast.
4. Insert the mast into the Tripod and rotate the mast assembly until the bracket eye-bolts all line-up
with a tripod leg then loosely tighten the mast collar bolts on the tripod.
5. Tighten the guy-wire Bracket bolts until they deform the mast by dimpling the surface to assure
the Bracket does not slide when the turnbuckles are tightened.
6. Unscrew the turnbuckle until approximately 80% of both eye bolt threads extend beyond the
turnbuckle body.
7. Hook an S-hook to an eyelet on each of the tripod feet. Alternatively, the S-hooks can be
connected to user-supplied eye-bolts set into a concrete pad or another fixed structure.
8. One at a time, grasp a guy-wire and loop it around its corresponding S-hook to roughly determine
its correct length then cut the guy-wires to eliminate any excess length.
9. Hook the unattached end of each S-hook to an eyebolt on the end of a turnbuckle.
10. Loop the free end of each guy-wire through its respective turnbuckle eye-bolt and pull it tightly
then clamp the guy-wire using one of the Clamps provided.
a. The guy-wires need to remain loose until after the WeatherHawk assembly has been properly
oriented. The turn-buckles are tightened in step 5 of Procedure 3: Mounting the WeatherHawk
Station on a Tripod or Pole (page 11).
b. Guy-wires will stretch for a few weeks after installation. You should periodically check them
for tension and re-tighten the turnbuckles as required until they stop stretching.
S-Hooks
S-Hooks
Turnbuckles
Clamps
Bracket
Guy-Wire