Rain Bird WS-PRO2, Installation, Operation, Maintenance And Troubleshooting

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WS-PRO2 Weather Station Manual
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3.4.3 Telephone Connected Using Telephone Company
Lines
The Telephone Company needs to run a direct burial telephone
cable to the weather station and terminate it near the base of the
weather station. This needs to be a modem quality type telephone
line with a separate call number.
The “TIP” line of the telephone cable shall be connected to the
WHITE (“TIP”) wire of a 20’telephone patch cable, furnished as
part of the weather station, marked - 2 conductor cable with
WHITE (“TIP”) and BLACK (“RING”) pair of wires. The “RING”
line of the telephone cable shall be connected to the BLACK
(“RING”) wire of the telephone patch cable. Splices shall be made
using 3-M DBY Direct Burial connectors. The splices for the phone
line shall be made in the valve box, where the power wiring splices
are made and where the MGP-1 grounding plate assembly with an
MSP-1 surge arrestor mounted in it, is attached to one rod of a 3-
rod grounding grid. Refer to FIGURE 14 below.
This telephone patch cable shall be routed through the 1 ½”
diameter long sweep elbow to the base of the weather station.