Installing easyag 50 probes – Campbell Scientific Sentek EasyAG Installation Guide v 3.0 User Manual

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Installing EasyAG 50 probes

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Installing EasyAG 50 probes

Step 1 - Assembling the stabilization plate

The stabilization plate can be used on both flat ground and raised soil beds. There are two different types of
stabilization plate pins for this reason: a short pin for flat ground and a long one for raised soil beds.

Step 2 - (option A) Fixing the stabilization plate on flat ground

1. Place

the

stabilization plate on the ground where the probe is to be situated.

2. Insert

the

short stabilization plate pins through the holes in the stabilization plate.

3. Drive

the

stabilization plate pins all the way into the ground using a sledgehammer. The stabilization

plate should be in firm contact with the soil without compressing it significantly.

4. Put the soil sampler polyguide in place. The stabilization plate is now ready for insertion of the AMS

soil sampler.

Step 2 (option B) Fixing the stabilization plate to a raised soil bed

1. Insert each of the four long stabilization plate pins into the holes in the stabilization plate and tighten

the wing nuts with light finger pressure.

2. Place the assembled stabilization plate on the ground directly above the required position of the

probe.