Raymarine iTC-5 - Tools Required; Selecting a Location

3.
1Toolsrequired
Productinstallationrequiresthefollowingtools:
1.P owerdrill
2.Pozidrivescrewdriver
3.Drillbit
Note:
Theappropriatedrillbitsizeisdependentonthethicknessandmaterialofthemountingsurface .
3.2Selectingalocation
W arningsandcautions
Important:Beforeproceeding,ensurethatyouhavereadandunderstoodthewarningsand
cautionsprovidedintheChapter1Importantinformationsectionofthisdocument.
L ocationrequirements
Whenselectingalocationforyourwindtransduceritisimportanttoconsideranumberoffactors.
Thetransducer'slocationmustensurethat:
•itisinstalledfacingforwards.
•itisinstalledonahorizontalsurface(Ifasurfacee.g.masttop,isotherwisesuitablebutnot
horizontal,makeupasuitablewedgedpiecetoprovidethenecessaryhorizontalsurface).
•itisinstalledashighaspossibleandawayfromanyequipmentwhichmayshieldthetransduceror
otherwisedisturbtheairflowtothetransducer.
•theremustalsobeaviablerouteforthetransducer’scabletoberoutedtothedisplayorconverter
itistobeconnectedto.
•thevaneandcupscanspinfreely.
•thereissufficientaccessforinstallationandservicing.
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