52202 Electrically Heated Rain and Snow Gage
After mounting the 52202, level the gage and remove the shipping retainer by
performing the following procedure:
1.
Loosen the three screws that retain housing to base assembly (see FIGURE
). Carefully lift housing free of base.
2.
Remove shipping retainer from bucket. Verify that bucket tips freely.
3.
Adjust leveling screws until bullseye level is centered.
4.
Replace housing and retighten screws.
7.3 Wiring
Disconnect heater power before attempting to service
or repair this equipment. Failure to do so may result in
personal injury or death due to electrocution.
7.3.1 Heater Wiring
Attach the power plug supplied with the 52202 by following the instructions
supplied with the plug. This gage requires an adequately grounded, reliable
source of 24 Vac power.
7.3.2 Wiring to the Datalogger
When
Short Cut
software is used to generate the datalogger
program, the sensor should be wired to the channels shown on the
wiring diagram created by
Short Cut
.
The 52202 is wired to a datalogger as shown in TABLE
TABLE 7-1. Wiring for Pulse Channel Input
Wire
Color
Wire
Function
Datalogger Connection
Terminal for Pulse
Channel Input
Datalogger Connection
Terminal for Control
Port Input*
Black
Signal
P, P_SW, or U
(pulse channel)
C (control port)
White
Signal
Return
⏚
or AG
(analog ground)
5 V
(on datalogger)
Clear
Shield
⏚
or AG (analog
ground)
⏚
or AG
(analog ground)
*
Dataloggers capable of measuring pulse counts on their control ports include CR800-
series, CR1000, and CR3000.
WARNING
NOTE
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