Prepare the Rain Collector
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2. Carefully cut and remove the
plastic cable tie (usually black in
color) that holds the tipping
bucket in place during shipping.
3. On your console screen, look for
DAILY RAIN display.
If the console is cabled to the ISS,
reconnect the cable to see if the
console is receiving the rain read-
ings.
4. While watching the daily rain dis-
play, slowly tip the bucket until it
drops to the opposite side. Each
tip indicates 0.01" of rain and
may take up to 10 seconds to register at the console. If the bucket is tipped too quickly,
the number on the console display may not change. Tip the bucket slowly when testing
the rain collector.
5. Temporarily reinstall the rain collector cone until you are ready to mount the ISS out-
side.
If you are installing the metric measurement adapter, keep the rain collector cone
open.
Optional: Insert the Metric Measurement Adapter
The rain collector tipping bucket mechanism contains a standard measurement weight
magnet that takes measurements in .01”. The ISS assembly contains a metric adapter that
adjusts the weight of the tipping bucket mechanism so that it takes .2 mm metric
measurements for every tip of the bucket. To install the metric adapter:
1. Find the metric adapter included in the hardware.
2. Locate the magnet between the arms of the bucket.
3. Open the arms slightly with one hand while pulling the magnet out with the other
hand.
Open plastic tipping mechanism arms, pull out magnet
Tipping Bucket
Cut the plastic
cable tie