Installing/Mounting
4.5 Potting and direct burial
4.5
Potting and direct burial
NOTICE
Electrical connections
Do not pot meter before electrical connections have been made.
Meter is rated IP68/NEMA 6P from the factory as standard. If cable glands are used, IP68/
NEMA 6P enclosure rating is obtained by potting transmitter bottom with Sylgard potting kit.
Otherwise only an IP67/NEMA 4 rating is obtained.
Sealing of transmitter
1. Select the proper gland size to fit installed cable size.
2. Mount O-ring properly and correctly and grease with gel.
3. Fill Sylgard potting kit in bottom part of casing.
4. Renew Silicagel bag (placed behind battery cup) to prevent condensation within meter, if
necessary.
5. Mount the enclosure carefully and make sure not to damage the O-ring.
Note
Potting
Ensure not to fill Sylgard potting kit in the space for the battery pack.
Ensure Silicagel bag is not in contact with Sylgard potting.
See also Potting kit instruction
43208835).
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Operating Instructions, 11/2018, A5E03071515-AE
SITRANS MAG 8000