8. memory battery inside turfweather station – Campbell Scientific TurfWeather Weather Station User Manual

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TurfWeather Weather Station

FIGURE 6-8. Memory battery inside TurfWeather station

g. Locate the small disc-shaped memory battery (FIGURE 6-8) in the

center of the main electronics board and, using a fingernail, gently lift

the battery retaining clip; then use your wooden toothpick or non-

metallic tweezers to extract the battery from the battery holder.

2. Memory Battery Replacement:

a. Determine which side of the new battery is the positive side. This will

have a

+ stamped into the surface. This is the side that must be up

(visible) when the battery is installed in the battery holder.

b. Lift the battery retaining clip slightly and slip the battery into the

battery holder ensuring that it is correctly seated and tightly held in

place by the battery retaining clip.

c. Place the two sections of the weather station main body together,

making sure that none of the wiring bundles will be crushed by the

edges or by the seven housing screws when the two sections are

secured with screws.

d. Reinstall and tighten the seven screws that hold the weather station

main body sections together.

3. System test:

a. Turn on the weather station

b. Look into the small window on the bottom of the weather station

marked

Scan – Receive and confirm that the LED flashes every ten

seconds.

c. Reinstall the weather station on its mast, and reconnect the ground and

power wires.

Memory Battery

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