Assembling The Anemometer - Davis Instruments Anemometer Installation Manual

Check the display to make sure the wind direction reading on your display
6.
changes.
Note: The wind direction readings will not change as rapidly as you turn the shaft. The station uses a low
pass filter to smooth out the constant small shifts in wind direction and keep the direction display
from jumping about in gusty winds.
7. Disconnect the cables when you are finished testing the anemometer.

Assembling the Anemometer

Attach the drip rings and the wind cups to the anemometer and check the
mounting base orientation before you install it. The wind vane is attached after
the anemometer has been installed.
Attaching the Drip Rings
The anemometer drip rings provide protection against icing of the wind vane
and wind cups. Follow the instructions below to attach the two drip rings.
Place one of the drip rings on a flat surface with the small hole facing up.
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2. Securely press the wind vane on top of the drip ring.
Note: You may want to start with the vane tilted slightly.
Make sure the ring fits securely between the two ridges on the vane with the
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lower edge parallel to the bottom of the wind vane.
Installing the drip ring onto the wind vane
Assembling the Anemometer
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