DAVIS Solar Radiation Sensor for GroWeather and EnviroMonitor - Manual (Page 14)

Page 14 Solar Radiation Sensor
Routing the Sensor Cable
You will route the sensor cable through the base of the rain collector and out
through a hole, then connect it to the SIM inside the radiation shield. (This step
requires that the radiation shield is open. If it is not, remove the shield plates
now as shown in “Accessing the SIM” on page 12.)
See the illustration below as you follow these instructions.
1. Tie the sensor cable to the shelf support tube.
Use one of the plastic 4" cable ties provided with the sensor mounting shelf
to keep the cable in place. (#1 in illustration.)
2. Squeeze the cable down into the cable notch on the circular edge of the rain collector
base. The cable needs to be wedged down into the notch so it will come up inside the
rain collector cone when the cone is put back on.
3. Route the cable down and out through the hole in the base.
Plug the cable into the receptacle labeled “SOLAR” in the SIM, to see how
much slack will be left in the cable as you secure it inside the rain collector.
4. In the rain collector base, loop up the slack in the cable. Using the two cable clamps in
the base, secure one loop.
Tie the remaining loops of cable together with cable ties #2 & 3 as shown.
When securing the
sensor cable(s)
inside the rain col-
lector base, the goal
is to ensure that
the cables do not
interfere with the
tipping bucket
mechanism
of the
rain collector.
Cable Tie #1
Cable Tie #2
Cable Tie #3
Cable Notch
Cable Clamps
NOTE: Route sensor cable(s) out through this hole
Tipping Bucket