Rain Bird WS-PRO, Installation, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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4.0 WEATHER STATION CONCRETE BASE:
SUPPLIED COMPONENTS
(3) ½” x 12” long “L” Anchor
Bolts
(9) ½” Nuts
(3) Flat Steel Washers
(1) Stainless Steel Template
(1)
1 ½” Dia. Long Sweep
Elbow
INSTALLER SUPPLIED
(1) 2” x 4” x 10’-0” piece of
forming lumber
(4) 16p Double Headed nails
10’-0 “ length of form wire
½ yard of concrete
Duct Tape
TOOLS REQUIRED
Claw Hammer
Hand Saw
Saw Horse
Shovel
Pliers & Wire Cutters
INSTALLATION:
For the following procedures - Refer to FIGURE 4 below.
1.0 The Tower for the “PRO”
Weather Station - attaches to a user
supplied poured concrete
foundation - constructed as shown
in
FIGURE 4 below.
2.0 Dig the required foundation
hole - with a 24” square top
and slanting outward sides, to the
bottom of 32” square. The
“Sloping” sides of the foundation are
very
IMPORTANT in providing the
necessary support to the weather
station tower, in preventing it from
“leaning” or falling over, due to
wind load on the station.
3.0 Determine the proper location of the
long sweep elbow and dig a small
cavity to accept the end of the elbow
that will protrude beyond the
concrete base.
4.0 Construct the concrete form
with 2” x 4” lumber and 16p
double-headed nails.
Center the form over the dug
hole. Adjacent to the long
legs of the form that extend
beyond the hole, drive four
stakes into the soil. Level
the form. Secure the form
to the stakes with 8p nails -
making sure that the form
remains “level”.
5.0 Place a piece of duct tape
over one end of the 1 ½”
diameter long sweep elbow.
Insert the elbow into the
hole, with the taped end
into the small cavity that
you have dug on one side of
the hole.