Skye MiniMet, Installation Manual

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7. Feed on the white spacers and the final white plastic knurled adjusting nuts.
8. The plate can now be positioned and pegged down to the ground using the four tent pegs.
9. With the aid of a spirit level, adjust the four white plastic knurled nuts to ensure the instrument is
level.
10. The top half can now be screwed back on.
11. Plug and screw up (do not overtighten) the raingauge connector into the DataHog or MiniMet
logger socket marked RAINGAUGE.
12. Run the cable down the pole and / or the guy ropes. Use plastic cable ties to prevent cable
movement and damage from chafing.
8.3 Mounting Raingauges on Longarm Brackets type SKM 229.
1. It is essential to the accurate collection of rainfall that the tipping
bucket gauge should be mounted level.
2. Using two M6 bolts, line up and attach the raingauge base plate to
the longarm bracket.
3. On the underside of the bracket, attach one washer and one nut to
each bolt and tighten.
4. The bracket can now be fixed to the mast using the three ‘V’ bolts,
nylon washers, nuts and end caps.
5. Screw the threaded pillars into the aluminium base plate so that the ends are flush with the
underside of the plate and secure with the locking nuts.
6. Screw a white plastic knurled adjusting nut onto each of the pillars, about halfway down its length.
7. Separate the raingauge and put the top to one side.
8. Feed the raingauge base over the pillars.
9. Feed on the white spacers and the final white plastic knurled adjusting nuts.
10. With the aid of a spirit level, adjust the white plastic knurled nuts to ensure the instrument is level.
11. The top half of the raingauge can now be replaced.
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