FLIR M100SERIES - General Location Requirements; Compass Safe Distance

3.7Generallocationrequirements
Importantconsiderationswhenchoosingasuitablelocationforyourproduct.
Thisproductissuitableformountingbelowdecks.
Theproductshouldbemountedwhereitwillbe:
•protectedfromphysicaldamageandexcessivevibration.
•wellventilatedandawayfromheatsources.
Whenchoosingalocationfortheproduct,considerthefollowingpointstoensure
reliableandtrouble-freeoperation:
•Access—theremustbesufcientspacetoenablecableconnectionstotheproduct,
avoidingtightbendsinthecable.
•Diagnostics—theproductmustbemountedinalocationwherethediagnostics
LEDiseasilyvisible.
Note:NotallproductsincludeadiagnosticsLED.RefertotheChapter8System
checksandtroubleshootingformoreinformation.
•Electricalinterference—theproductshouldbemountedfarenoughawayfrom
anyequipmentthatmaycauseinterferencesuchasmotors,generatorsandradio
transmitters/receivers.
•Magneticcompass—refertotheCompasssafedistancesectioninthisdocument
foradviceonmaintainingasuitabledistancebetweenthisproductandany
compassesonyourvessel.
•Power—tokeepcablerunstoaminimum,theproductmustbelocatedasclose
aspossibletothevessel’sdcpowersupply.
•Mountingsurface—ensuretheproductisadequatelysupportedonasecure
surface.RefertotheweightinformationprovidedintheT echnicalspecicationforthis
productandensurethattheintendedmountingsurfaceissuitableforbearingthe
productweight.DoNOTmountunitsorcutholesinplaceswhichmaydamagethe
structureofthevessel.
Compasssafedistance
T opreventpotentialinterferencewiththevessel'smagneticcompasses,ensurean
adequatedistanceismaintainedfromtheproduct.
Whenchoosingasuitablelocationfortheproductyoushouldaimtomaintainthe
maximumpossibledistancefromanycompasses.T ypicallythisdistanceshouldbeat
least1m(3ft)inalldirections.Howeverforsomesmallervesselsitmaynotbe
possibletolocatetheproductthisfarawayfromacompass.Inthissituation,when
choosingtheinstallationlocationforyourproduct,ensurethatthecompassisnot
affectedbytheproductwhenitisinapoweredstate.
Planningtheinstallation
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