Installing The Optional Solar Panel; Attach Mounting Hardware To The Solar Panel - Emerson FB1100 Instruction Manual

2.12

Installing the Optional Solar Panel

If you purchased the lead acid battery/solar panel kit for main power, you need to install the
supplied 6W solar panel.
If you purchased the lead acid battery with a solar regulator but you are supplying your own solar
panel, follow the manufacturer's instructions for remote mounting.
DANGER
EXPLOSION HAZARD: Ensure the area in which you perform this operation is non-hazardous.
Performing this operation in a hazardous area could result in an explosion.
Solar panel installation involves:
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2.12.1

Attach Mounting Hardware to the Solar Panel

DANGER
EXPLOSION HAZARD: Ensure the area in which you perform this operation is non-hazardous.
Performing this operation in a hazardous area could result in an explosion.
Attach mounting hardware to the solar panel as shown in Figure 2-21.
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Installation
Attaching mounting hardware to the solar panel (if not attached prior to shipment).
Mounting the solar panel in one of two ways:
Integral mount (solar panel attaches directly to the flow computer)
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Remote mount (solar panel mounts to a pole)
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Wiring power to the solar panel.
Setting the tilt angle of the panel for maximum solar exposure.
Attach aluminum tilt brackets (Item 2) to solar panel using the provided pan head screws
(Item 3), hex nuts (Item 10 in Figure 2-22), and #10 lock washers (Item 9 in Figure 2-22).
Apply Loctite 222 threadlocker removable adhesive sparingly to threads of hex nuts (Item
6). Attach mounting bracket to tilt brackets using provided hex nuts (Item 6), hex bolts
(Item 5), washers (Item 4), and spring lock washers (Item 7). The spring lock washer goes
between the washer and the nut. Torque to 30 in-lbs (3.4 N m).
Emerson FB1100 Flow Computer Instruction Manual
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