Campbell Scientific TurfWeather Weather Station - Manual (Page 28)

TurfWeather Weather Station
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 eye bolt 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 weather
station assembly has been properly oriented. The turnbuckles are
tightened in step 5 of Section 5.4.4, Mounting the TurfWeather
Station on a Tripod or Pole.
b. Guy-wires will stretch for a few weeks after installation.
Therefore, periodically check them for tension and retighten the
turnbuckles as required until they stop stretching.
5.4.4 Mounting the TurfWeather Station on a Tripod or Pole
This procedure assumes the weather station has been set up and
tested at the computer location (see Section 4, Quickstart Guide),
and that a tripod or pole has been installed at the site.
1. Place your weather station assembly on top of the mast or pole with the
base firmly seated on the top edge of the mast or pole (FIGURE 5-7).
NOTE
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