Xylem WE900 Weather Station - Manual (Page 4)

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II. Inspection
a. The WE800 / WE900 unit was carefully inspected and certified by
Global Water’s Quality Assurance Team before shipping. If any
damage has occurred during shipping, please notify Global Water
Instrumentation, Inc. and file a claim with the carrier involved.
Use the checklist to ensure that everything needed to operate the
Weather Station was shipped.
III. Description
a. The Global Weather Station is a rugged and reliable system for
monitoring and/or recording several weather related sensors. The
standard logging model can monitor and record up to seven 4-20 mA
sensors and one pulse output sensor, such as a rain gauge.
IV. Installing the Weather Station
a. Please refer to Appendix A and B prior to installing the Weather
Station to review any optional sensor’s mounting instructions that may
modify the standard setup.
b. Each sensor comes equipped with mounting hardware for a 1”
diameter pipe.
c. The Weather Station stand consists of a 1” diameter stainless steel
cross bar with a T fitting and the mast (two 1” diameter tubes
connected together with a pvc insert). The top piece of the mast has a
T fitting with a 1” stub attached also.
d. Insert the bottom of the mast into a solid base and secure it. Global
Water sells a Tripod for this purpose, WE830.
e. Slide the top of the mast onto the pvc insert to complete the mast.
f. Mount the cross bar to the top of the mast using the attached T fitting.
Tighten the set screw with the enclosed hex wrench. Ensure that the