INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL SeaBeacon® 2 System 6 Racon EX 0111296-00
Tideland Signal
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0111296-00
Rev. A 1-Nov-16
Страница 1: ...Aids to Navigation Products INSTALLATION MANUAL SeaBeacon 2 System 6 Racon EX 0111296 00 Alfredo Dominguez Andrew Zeller Hernando Ramirez Engineering Mgr Project Engr Checker A 0249 New Release 21SEPT16 EG REV ECO Description Date By ...
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Страница 3: ...3 CONTROL BOX MOUNTING 5 1 3 1 Initial Turn On of your Racon 6 1 4 INHIBIT AND STATUS DISPLAY 6 1 4 1 Inhibiting Racon Response to Fixed Radar 6 1 4 2 Status Display 7 1 4 3 Purge and Pressure General 8 1 4 4 Gather and Assemble Pure and Pressure Devices 9 1 4 5 Purging and Pressuring 9 Table of Figures Figure 1 Inhibit Pulse Characteristics 7 Figure 2 Functionally Equivalent Blanking Circuit Insi...
Страница 4: ... that should be temporarily retained for possible warranty returns All materials required for normal installation are included in the shipping container The shipping container has within it the racon a control box an installation manual and a bag of mounting hardware Note Do not discard the installation manual The manual contains operating instructions that will be needed after the racon is instal...
Страница 5: ...ignal behaves like light and cannot go through or around objects of any kind 1 2 RACON MOUNTING The racon can be mounted on a level surface with four hole mounting or on a tilted surface with 3 hole mounting The racon has a wide vertical divergence of 22º and is well tolerant of slight out of vertical installations However maximum range can only be achieved with height see Site above and a near ve...
Страница 6: ... STND M10 CLEAR SST a split washer WASHR SPLIT LOCK M10 CLEAR SST and a standard hex nut NUT HEX STD M10X1 5 316 SST Snug up the nuts but do not tighten them See drawing 9011042 00 page 2 of 4 5 Tighten the nuts in an alternating bolt sequence to initially 13 N m or 10 ft lb 6 Again in an alternating bolt sequence tighten the nuts to 40 N m 2 5 N m or 30 ft lb 2 ft lb 7 Optionally install a NUT HE...
Страница 7: ...ce install a flat washer WASHR FLAT STND M10 CLEAR SST a split washer WASHR SPLIT LOCK M10 CLEAR SST and a standard hex nut NUT HEX STD M10X1 5 316 SST Snug up the nuts but do not tighten them 7 Put a carpenter s level on the lift ring Adjust the nuts as needed to level the racon 8 Tighten the nuts above and below the mounting surface in an alternating bolt sequence to initially 13 N m or 10 ftlb ...
Страница 8: ...ith some kind of charger Electrical DC power supplies may be used but they must be able to go from a few milliamps to 2 amperes in less than a few milliseconds I e the power supply must have very low internal impedance Usually the simplest and most reliable solution is a battery The DC source should be located close to the control box and the wiring from the control box to the racon should be kept...
Страница 9: ...n lights are on then the racon will function normally Note The yellow light is a warning that the racon is leaking pressure and may soon fail d If the red LED light stays on then the internal pressure of the racon is less than 2 PSI 14 kPa or there is a wiring error or other failure and the racon will not be allowed to be powered up 2 If the green light is on then the racon is on and the protectio...
Страница 10: ...PS8701 The NEC PS8701 is an optically coupled isolator containing a GaAIAs LED on the light emitting diode input side and a PIN photodiode and a high speed amplifier transistor on the output side Typical ratings are VF 1 7V at IF 16mA max VF 1 6V at IF 1mA for the LED The LED has 520 ohms of external resistance in the anode circuit and 50 ohms in the cathode circuit for a total of 570 ohms of seri...
Страница 11: ...e GO NO GO Circuit 1 4 3 Purge and Pressure General Your racon was factory pressured and purged to 15 PSI 106 kPa with dry nitrogen Nitrogen is used to reduce the aging effects of corrosion and oxidation While nitrogen is recommended it is not required to pressure your racon Dry air will work for the task but it must be dry Any moisture in the air will eventually condense out onto the internal ele...
Страница 12: ...ble Pure and Pressure Devices Parts 1 Pressured Nitrogen source usually a high pressure bottle 2 Low pressure regulator Pressures in excess of 30 PSI 207 kPa will cause damage to your racon that will require extensive and costly repairs 3 Pressure gauge capable of displaying low pressures of 1PSI 7 kPa to 15PSI 103 kPa 4 Interconnecting hose and adapters 1 4 5 Purging and Pressuring Purge 1 Close ...
Страница 13: ...ge reads 15 PSI 106kPa 2 When the gauge reaches 15 PSI then close the isolation valve The gauge reading will drop 3 Open the isolation valve again till 15 PSI is reached Close the valve again 4 Repeatedly open and close the isolation valve until the gauge reading holds at 15 PSI 106 kPa 5 Close the isolation valve 6 Turn off the gas to the low pressure regulator 7 Quickly remove the hose from the ...
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