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

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