Skye MiniMet, Installation Manual

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6. Now place the second dish over the pillars followed by another set of long white nylon
spacers. One on each pillar.
7. Place the third dish over the pillars and secure the assembly with the four white plastic
knurled adjusting nuts.
8. Remove the backing paper off the three sticky pads on the underside of the bottom dish.
9. Apply the sensor over the sticky pads, ensuring that the white tip is pointing towards the
centre of the dish, but arched slightly down and not actually touching the dish.
10. Use four plastic cable ties, laced through the corresponding four holes in the dish, to
further secure the cable leading from the sensor.
11. The assembly can now be sited in the desired location.
12. Push the four tent pegs, one at each end of each skid plate, firmly onto the ground to
secure the assembly.
13. Plug and screw up (do not overtighten) the sensor connector into the DataHog or MiniMet
logger sockets marked GRASS TEMPERATURE.
14. Route the cable down the mast or a guyline. Use plastic cable ties to prevent cable
movement and damage from rubbing.
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