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FP111-FP211-FP311 Global Water Flow Probe

User’s Manual

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11/30/09

Summary of Contents for FP111

Page 1: ...r Instrumentation Visit Our Complete Online Catalog www globalw com Call 800 876 1172 7 30 AM to 4 PM Pacific Time International US 916 638 3429 FAX 916 638 3270 E mail globalw globalw com 11390 Amalg...

Page 2: ...e a valuable asset for your application Should you require assistance our technical staff will be happy to help Table of Contents I Checklist Page 3 II Inspection 3 III Description 3 IV General Instru...

Page 3: ...list to ensure that you have received everything needed to operate the Flow Probe III Description The Global Water Flow Probe is a rugged and highly accurate water velocity instrument for measuring fl...

Page 4: ...usly stored data The flow probe computer is self contained and sealed It has an internal lithium battery that should last approximately 5 years depending on use The computer floats and is shock and wa...

Page 5: ...updated once per second Pressing RESET before beginning a measurement is required for best accuracy e To determine flow from the velocity data measure or calculate the cross sectional area of your fl...

Page 6: ...the flow through a series of flow surges c The water is not always moving in the same direction Even the smoothest water flow contains turbulence that causes the water to move in different directions...

Page 7: ...ge minimum maximum velocities and a running average is started As long as the probe remains in the flow the averaging continues To stop averaging press the SAVE button in Save Data mode the averaging...

Page 8: ...ow for the subsection Q V x A Once the flow of each subsection is obtained add all of the subsection flows to obtain the total stream flow c For the USGS 6 tens method the Flow Probe is placed at the...

Page 9: ...to indicate different functions The SAVE button is used to save the average minimum and maximum velocity data to memory The RESET button causes the average minimum and maximum data to be set to the cu...

Page 10: ...parameters to the memory location shown in the upper display and the computer returns to the main display mode automatically resetting the average minimum and maximum values The memory location is au...

Page 11: ...enu function View Data Delete All Set Units Set Cal View Data From the View Data menu screen press SET to review recorded data The memory location is shown in the upper display and the data is shown i...

Page 12: ...nd return to the menu screen Press SET to delete all data from memory Once deleted the data cannot be recovered Set Flow Units From the Set Units menu display Press SET to change the Flow Units The lo...

Page 13: ...400 The calibration factor scales rotational speed to velocity in FT S only If the flow units are set to M S meters per second the calibration factor does not need to be changed Conversion between FT...

Page 14: ...carbonate housing with polyester overlay Power Internal Lithium Approx 5 year life Non Replaceable Operating Temperature 20 to 70 C 4 to 158 F Non Freezing Storage Temperature 30 to 80 C 22 to 176 F V...

Page 15: ...cycled at no charge c Cleaning Make sure the Turbo Prop turns freely before and after your measurements Blow on the prop in the direction of flow The prop should turn freely If not rinse the probe in...

Page 16: ...te supplied with the flow probe It can also be obtained by contacting the Technical Support department at Global Water be ready to supply the serial number for the flow probe e If the display is blank...

Page 17: ...e incurred during transit X Warranty a Global Water Instrumentation Inc warrants that its products are free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of one ye...

Page 18: ...16 0 0811 0 66 0 5499 GPM x 1440 Gallons day GPD 0 17 0 0885 0 67 0 5594 0 18 0 0961 0 68 0 5687 0 19 0 1039 0 69 0 5780 0 20 0 1118 0 70 0 5872 0 21 0 1199 0 71 0 5964 0 22 0 1281 0 72 0 6054 0 23 0...

Page 19: ...ng standard EN 61326 1 2006 Battery and Accumulators Directive 2006 66 EC Requirements regarding the proper handling and disposal of batteries and accumulators Due to the rugged conditions this produc...