AF043-01
US Patent 5148125
Revision Date: 14 March, 2001
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Run string line and cut a slit in turf
Push sensor to desired depth
Completed Installation
Deeper Installations (eg Agriculture or Vineyard)
For deeper installations a trench should to be dug to the desired depth for the sensor
Ensure there is a layer of loose soil in the bottom of the trench. This is to prevent air
pockets beneath the flat sensor cable.
Prepare an additional trench to accommodate the round data cable between the sensor
and its destination (eg a data logger or irrigation controller etc). This trench should be
sufficiently deep to prevent damage to the buried data cable.
Install the flat sensor cable on its edge at the bottom of its trench as shown above.
It is essential that the flat sensor cable be installed on its edge to prevent water lying on
top of the cable, resulting in false moisture readings.
Firmly pack loose soil around the sensor cable ensuring that there are no air pockets
around or beneath the sensor cable. In some soils (eg. clay) it may help to water the soil
to assist in this.
