Installation manual

Page 4 Rain Collector II

ESTING

THE

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OLLECTOR

Before installing the Rain Collector II, test the unit. If you are replacing a rain

collector you previously installed, make a note of the total rainfall amount dis-

played. You may want to reenter this amount after you test the rain collector.

1. Turn the rain collector upside down and remove the cone from the base by rotating

the base until the latches on the cone line up with the latch openings in the base then

lifting the base away from the cone.

EMOVE

THE

ONE

FROM

THE

ASE

2. Carefully cut and remove the plastic tie which holds the bucket in place during ship-

ping.

3. Attach the rain collector cable to the appropriate connector on the junction box/sen-

sor interface module (SIM).

Consult your station manual or system installation manual.

4. Press the appropriate key on your console as necessary to display daily rainfall.

Press UNITS if necessary to display rainfall in the rain collector’s native unit

of measure.

5. While watching the display on your console to see if it changes, slowly tip the bucket

until it drops to the opposite side. If the display does not change, you may be tipping

the bucket too quickly. Try again, more slowly this time.

If the rainfall amount displayed on the console increases by the expected

increment (either 0.01" or 0.2 mm) each time you tip the bucket, your rain

collector is working properly. If the display changes only after you tip the

bucket several times, the rain collector may be functioning correctly but you

may have an older version of the station console. See “Calibration of Older

Model Weather Stations” on page 14 for details.