Snow Depth Stand

Current Parts List

• Snow Depth Sensor
  • 1 SR50A
• Snow depth sensor pipe mount
• Horizontal top pipe
  • 1pcs 5' 3/4 schedule 40 pipe / rigid electrical conduit.
• Vertical adjustable elevation pipe
  • 1pcs 6' 3/4 schedule 40 pipe / rigid conduit (short stand)
  • 1pcs 10' 3/4 schedule 40 pipe / rigid conduit (tall stand)
• Diagonal support pipe
  • 1pcs 4' 3/4 schedule 40 pipe / rigid conduit
• Ground support
  • 2pcs 5' Slotted Unistrut
• Main Vertical piece
  • 6' 4x4 Wooden lumber
• Cast Hardware
  • 2pcs 3/4" flush pipe mounts
  • 1pcs 3-way Tee
  • 1pcs pipe to pipe swivel fitting
  • 1pcs wood to pipe swivel fitting
• Guy Wires
  • 15ft 3/16" wire rope
  • 4pcs 3/16" wire rope clamps
• Nuts and Bolts
• 2pcs 4.5" x 1/2" coarse thread bolt
• 4pcs 1/2" washer
• 2pcs 1/2" nylock nut
• 4pcs 5" x 5/16" coarse thread bolt
• 8pcs 5/16" washer
• 4pcs 5/16" nylock nut
• Anchors
  • 3pcs 1/2" or smaller x at least 18" rebar / stake of some kind
  • 1 pcs screw in anchor

Preparation before field

• Drill a 5/16" hole on both sides of the 5 ft pipe
• Drill a 1/2" hole at one end of each piece of unistrut
• Assemble SR50A & mounting bracket
• Drill holes in 4x4 in proper place for the unitstrut stabilizers (a bit open ended here)

Tools in the field

• Hand maul (in Nome)
• 2 pcs 3/4" box wrench / socket
• 2 pcs 1/2" box wrench / nut driver
• level
• 1/4" allen wrench (need to double-check the print is rubbing away)

Extras

For main site snow stand there are some bonus items:

• Instrument box
• Data logger
• Solar Panel
• 12v battery
• flex conduit
• wood screws for securing radiation shield to stand
• radiation shield for air temperature
• air temperature thermistor
• precision resistor for air temp thermistor
• solar panel mounting bracket
• Instrument box mounting bracket