Installing The Optional Solar Panel; Attaching Mounting Hardware To The Solar Panel; March - Emerson FB1200 Instruction Manual

Emerson FB1200 Flow Computer Instruction Manual
D301782X012

March 2019

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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Attaching 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
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Attaching mounting hardware to the solar panel (if not attached prior to shipment).
Mounting the solar panel in one of two ways:
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Integral mount (solar panel attaches directly to the flow computer)
• Remote mount (solar panel mounts to a pole)
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
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Apply Loctite Threadlocker 222 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).
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Figure 2-24), and #10 lock washers (Item 9 in
2-23.
Figure 2-24).
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