User Manual

Chapter 3 _______________________________________________________________ Installation
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Installation of Mounting Arm and Sensor Cable
1. Tilt the tower to a horizontal position.
2. Remove the mounting tube from the shipping container.
3. Find the end of the mounting tube with the two cross holes.
4. Insert this end of the mounting tube on the pole.
5. Rotate the mounting arm in its hole until the two cross-holes in the
pole are aligned with the two cross-holes in the mounting tube.
6. Insert the bolts into the cross-holes and tighten them
7. Remove the adapter from the sensor shipping box and place it over
the mounting tube.
8. Tighten the three set screws of the clamp at the bottom of the
adapter only lightly (these will be tightened during the sensor
alignment procedure).
9. Remove the sensor cable from the shipping box.
10. At the end of the sensor cable with ring lugs, take about half of the
individual wire and fold it back. See Figure 9 on page 25.
11. Feed the cable through the adapter, mounting arm, tower, tower
pivot, and the conduit going to the power supply, starting with the
wrapped end of the cable into the open end of the adapter at the end
of the mounting arm.
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Figure 9 Sensor Cable Installation
Wrap electrical tape around the wires tightly so that later it can be easily
threaded through the ½" conduit.