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TLX106 Weather Station
Table of Contents
1. Preparation and Siting
1.1 Installation Tasks ..................................................................................1-1
1.1.1 Indoors.........................................................................................1-1
1.1.2 Outdoors......................................................................................1-1
1.2 Tools Required......................................................................................1-1
1.2.1 Tools for Tower Installation........................................................1-2
1.2.2 Tools for Instrumentation and Maintenance................................1-2
1.2.3 Supplies for Power and Communications Options......................1-3
1.3 Siting and Exposure ..............................................................................1-3
1.3.1 Wind Speed and Direction ..........................................................1-3
1.3.2 Temperature and Relative Humidity ...........................................1-3
1.4 Determining True North for Wind Vane Orientation............................1-4
1.4.1 Prompts from GEOMAG ............................................................1-5
2. TLX106 Tower Installation
2.1 Base Installation....................................................................................2-2
2.1.1 Supplied Components..................................................................2-2
2.2.2 Installation...................................................................................2-2
2.2 Tower Installation .................................................................................2-3
2.2.1 Supplied Components..................................................................2-3
2.2.2 Installation...................................................................................2-3
2.3 Tower Grounding..................................................................................2-4
2.3.1 Supplied Components..................................................................2-4
2.3.2 Grounding Procedure ..................................................................2-5
3. TLX106 Instrumentation Installation
3.1 Enclosure, Datalogger, Power Supply...................................................3-2
3.1.1 Battery Option Installation..........................................................3-2
3.1.2 Solar Panel Installation................................................................3-2
3.1.3 AC Power Installation .................................................................3-3
3.1.4 Enclosure Installation..................................................................3-3
3.2 Sensor Connection ................................................................................3-4
3.3 Communication and Data Storage Peripherals......................................3-5
3.3.1 Phone Modems............................................................................3-6
3.3.2 Short-Haul Modem......................................................................3-7
3.4 Sealing and Desiccating the Enclosure .................................................3-9
4. TLX106 Sensor Arm Installation
4.1 Components ..........................................................................................4-1
4.2 Installation.............................................................................................4-1
4.3 Sensor Connection ................................................................................4-2
4.4 034A Wind Sensor Installation.............................................................4-2
4.5 RH and Temperature Radiation Shield .................................................4-3