Snow Depth Stand
Contents
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)
Procedure in the field
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)
- Drill with 5/16" bit (long enough to go through lumber)
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
