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Kestrel 4500 NV Instruction Manual

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4500
Pocket Weather
Tracker
®
with Backlight
In a hurry?
Be sure to read pages
5-8 to ensure that
your Kestrel is setup
properly!
Instruction Manual for
Kestrel 4500 & Kestrel 4500 NV Models
www.kestrelweather.com
800.784.4221
Revised 07/29/10
GlobalTestSupply
www.
.com
Quality Kestrel Products Online at:
sales@GlobalTestSupply.com

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  • Page 1 Backlight In a hurry? Be sure to read pages 5-8 to ensure that your Kestrel is setup properly! Instruction Manual for Kestrel 4500 & Kestrel 4500 NV Models www.kestrelweather.com 800.784.4221 Revised 07/29/10 GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Kestrel Products Online at:...
  • Page 2 Hold to turn power on or In Chart Screens, press off. Press to enter and exit to view data points. In Main Setup Menu. Setup Menus, press to make selection. FRONT BACK GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Kestrel Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    DEFAULT SETTINGS ................. .30 remain in the same orientation as they were when the unit was calibrated. To accomplish this, the Kestrel FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS .
  • Page 4 This battery indicator will indicate the percentage of battery life remaining, which is the screen prompts, place the Kestrel Meter in the foam stand and slowly spin it around three full times. helpful in preventing unexpected dead batteries.

  • Page 5: Navigation

    The Kestrel 4500 is capable of storing up to 1400 data points for each measurement. To review the data, Screen. Any of these screens can be turned off so that you can customize your Kestrel Meter to show the press the - button while viewing a chart. A cursor will appear on the most recent data point. Press the screens that your application requires.

  • Page 6: Special Functions

    (See the Main Setup Menu section for more information on memory.) Date & Time Cursor Backlight The Kestrel Meter has a high-visibility green backlight, which makes the display easily read in low-light SPECIAL FUNCTIONS conditions.The Kestrel 4500 NV has a night-vision preserving backlight which helps users to sustain User Screens natural night vision.
  • Page 7 The adjustment screen will always display the Magnetic North heading along the top, even if you have True vs. Magnetic North - Entering Variation/Declination the Kestrel set to True North. (If you selected True North mode in the Direction screen, this selection will still be preserved when you return to the Direction screen.) Use the buttons to select Auto Set “True north”...
  • Page 8 ® ® - Auto Set allows you to point the Kestrel down the runway or in the direction of the target, and it a correct reading: Set the memory options to a relatively short logging interval (20 seconds automatically enters the reference heading. Point the Kestrel down the runway or target, and press works well), select the graphical display of RH, and you can see when the value is no longer button.
  • Page 9 GPS altimeters, which use satellite triangulation to determine altitude. Note that on the BARO screen and keep the Kestrel Meter in one location. Your graph history will now show trends with present GPS technology, pressure altimeters remain more accurate for measuring altitude change.

  • Page 10: Main Setup Menu

    Press the button to return to the Main Setup Menu. Even when measurements are hidden, the Kestrel Meter will continue to log data for all measurements. If you wish to see the logged Reset MMA All Min/Max/Avg data is cleared. Chart data will Press or to clear the data for measurements that are hidden, simply enter the Measurement screen and turn them back on.
  • Page 11 Humidity Cal - Recalibration of this sensor is not typically required, and it is not recommended that you recalibrate without speaking to an NK technician. The humidity sensor can be calibrated by “teaching” it GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Kestrel Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...

  • Page 12: Application Examples

    Store Rate 2 min Overwrite This section provides examples of applications where a Kestrel Meter might be used, and the Man Store appropriate memory settings. These settings will allow you to track all conditions for 46 hours. Chart your altitude changes, watch how Weather Monitoring the temperature and humidity vary with altitude, and log your apparent speed.

  • Page 13: Memory Capabilities

    1 hr 58 days, 8 hr 2 hr 116 days, 16 hr HVAC/R - System Balancing 5 hr 291 days, 16 hr Auto Store 12 hr 700 days Store Rate — GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Kestrel Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...

  • Page 14: Glossary

    Altitude The point on the Earth’s surface where the Earth’s magnetic field points directly downwards. This pole is The distance above sea level. The Kestrel Meter calculates altitude based on the measured station constantly wandering. pressure and the input barometric pressure - or “reference pressure”.

  • Page 15: Default Settings

    Stored data may be uploaded to a PC with the optional Kestrel Interface. The cooling effect of combining wind and temperature. The wind chill gives a more accurate reading of how cold it really feels to the human body. The Kestrel Meter’s wind chill is based on the National FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Weather Service standards as of November 1, 2001.

  • Page 16: Customer Service

    If for any reason you are not satisfied with the performance or the accurate water speed. operation of your Kestrel meter in the first 30 days, you may return it to your place of purchase for a full refund.
  • Page 17 We keep your registration information strictly confidential and do not sell it, share it, or use it for We guarantee every Kestrel Pocket Weather Meter to be free of defects in materials and workman- anything but product-related information bulletins (which you may decline receiving). If you do not ship for a period of FIVE YEARS from their date of first consumer purchase.
  • Page 18 NK wants you to be an NK customer for life, so we take care of you even beyond the terms of the above For help with an apparent malfunction, or to arrange or inquire about a repair, write warranty with our Customer Care Program. Trade-in any Kestrel Pocket Weather Meter, no matter the repairs@nkhome.com.
  • Page 19 Kestrel® Pocket Weather® Meters are designed and manufactured in the USA by: NIELSEN-KELLERMAN 21 Creek Circle, Boothwyn, PA 19061 Phone: (610) 447-1555 Fax: (610) 447-1577 Web: www.kestrelweather.com Email: kestrel@nkhome.com Please register your Kestrel Meter  at www.KestrelWeather.com GlobalTestSupply www. .com Quality Kestrel Products Online at: sales@GlobalTestSupply.com...

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