HYQUEST SOLUTIONS PTY LTD
Tipping Bucket Raingauge TB3 110-016 Issue 12:
29/7/2014
C.
VALVE MUST
BE SHUT
F.
OPEN VALVE
TO COMMENCE
DISCHARGE
E.
CAREFULLY INSERT
THE DISPENSER INTO
THE THREE LEGGED
ADAPTOR
B.
REMOVE NOZZLE
(ANTICLOCKWISE ROTATION)
D.
FILL DIPENSER TO
OVERFLOWING
OMINAL DISPENSER
CAPACITY= 653 MLS
C.
VALVE MUST
BE SHUT
A.
POSITION THE THREE
LEGGED ADAPTOR ON
THE RIM OF THE
RAINGAUGE
CALIBRATION
AS SOON AS THE TAP IS OPENED, THE CONTENTS
(653MLS) WILL COMMENCE FLOWING INTO THE RAINGAUGE
CATCH AT A RATE EQUIVALENT TO 100 MM 0F RAINFALL
PER HOUR. THIS TABLE DISPLAYS THE THEORETICAL NUMBER
OF BUCKET TIPS THAT SHOULD BE ACHIEVED.
THEORETICAL NUMBER OF TIPS
203 MM (8) CATCH
100.9
40.4
20.2
79.4
IF THE OBSERVED RESULTS ARE UNACCEPTABLE THEN
REFER TO THE RAINGAUGE INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR
APPROPRIATE ADJUSTMENTS
200 MM CATCH
103.9
41.6
20.8
81.8
BUCKET SIZE
0.2 MM
0.5 MM
1.0 MM
0.01 INCH
INSTRUCTION FOR TIPPING BUCKET
RAINGAUGE FCD FIELD CALIBRATOR
XI. FIELD CALIBRATION DEVICE