Weather Station Communication Wiring (Jr-Ph); 6.0 Tower Assembly And Installation; Supplied Components; Installation - Rain Bird Pro Installation, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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WEATHER STATION
COMMUNICATION WIRING
TELEPHONE CONNECTED - USING
TELEPHONE COMPANY LINES:
(MODEL PRO-PH - Only)
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 P/N 9661 - 2 conductor
cable with WHITE ("TIP") and BLACK
("RING") pair of wires.
line of the telephone cable shall be

6.0 TOWER ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION:

SUPPLIED COMPONENTS

(1) Upper Tower Section
(Tapered)
(2) Lower Tower Section w/Base
(6) ½" Washers
(1) 12 foot 10 AWG Ground
Cable
(1) Tower Plastic Cap
Model "PRO" - Weather Station
GT27145B
connected to the BLACK ("RING") wire
of the telephone patch cable (P/N 9661).
Splices shall be made using 3-M DBY
Direct Burial connectors.
for the phone line shall be made in the
valve box,
splices are made and where the MGP-1
grounding plate assembly with an MSP-
1 surge arrestor mounted in it,
attached to one rod of a 3-rod grounding
grid. Refer to FIGURE 7 below.
This telephone patch cable (P/N 9661)
The "RING"
shall be routed through the 1 ½"
diameter long sweep elbow to the base
of the weather station.

INSTALLATION

Take the 12 foot 10 AWG Ground
Cable, furnished as part of the weather
station and cut a 9" piece from on end of
it. (This 9" piece will be used later).
Attach one end of the ground wire to the
ground rod, of the 3-rod grounding grid,
that is located in the valve box using a
brass clamp. Refer to FIGURE 6 or 7.
Feed this ground wire through the 1 ½"
long sweep elbow up to the base of the
weather station.
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Weather Station - Model "PRO"
The splices
where the power wiring
Nov., 2001
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