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Remarks:
The Geovane housing features a mechanical slot intended to host the plastic
tie for strapping the cable that runs down from the wind vane.
As described in 5.8, the Geovane has a length of 31cm. The length of the met
mast vertical boom should be shortened so the wind vane is kept at the same
height that it would be in the abscense of Geovane.
3.1 Mechanical mounting
The Geovane and wind vane must be mounted on an instrument carrier suited for
it (e.g.
Ø
34mm vertical tube). For dimensions of the Geovane please refer to
section 5.8.
Tools required: 3mm Hex Wrench (Allen key), provided along with the Geovane.
Procedure:
1. Push the cable of the Geovane through the borehole of the vertical boom
and plug it into the connector in the base of the Geovane. Make sure the
connection is correctly secured by manually tightening the connector.
2. Fix the Geovane to its carrier (i.e. the boom) by tightening the two M6-
Allen head screws.
Remark:
The inner diameter of the Geovane carrier (e.g. the boom) should be greater
than 20mm to allow enough room for both the plug and the cable to feed
through.