Installing/mounting
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4.1
General instructions
Ambient conditions
The transmitter is suitable for standard and extended ambient conditions acc. to DIN/
EN/IEC/ANSI/ISA/UL/CSA 61010-1. It can be used indoors as well as outdoors.
Process conditions
Note
For safety reasons, the transmitter must only be operated within the permissible
process conditions. You can find detailed information on the process conditions in
chapter "
Technical data
of the operating instructions or on the nameplate.
Hence make sure before mounting that all parts of the transmitter exposed to the
process are suitable for the existing process conditions.
These are mainly:
• Active measuring component
• Process fitting
• Process seal
Process conditions in particular are:
• Process pressure
• Process temperature
• Chemical properties of the medium
• Abrasion and mechanical influences
4.2
Mounting instructions
Polarisation
Radar transmitters for level measurement emit electromagnetic waves. The
polarization is the direction of the electrical component of these waves.
SITRANS LR140
Operating Instructions, 08/2020,
A5E50352144
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