Chapter 6 ______________________________________________________________ Maintenance
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Pyranometers
Periodoc Maintenance
The pyranometer is an all weather instrument. Once installed the
pyranometer needs little maintenance. It is recommended that you clean
the detector as part of a regular routine, using water or alcohol.
Re-calibration is suggested every two years. This can be done in two
ways. The first is to compare with the measurement of a similar sensor
at the same site. Daily totals of at least two days should be compared.
Calibration factor should be corrected if results differ by more than six
per cent. The second way is to let a re-calibration be performed at the
factory.
If necessary, the sensitivity of the pyranometer can be adjusted. This
can be done by soldering a resistor between the + (white) and - (black)
output wires. In this way the pyranometer is shunted. For the standard
pyranometer, the internal resistance is 47 Ω, and the cable resistance is
0.12 Ω/m. The cable is 3 m long. The cable resistance has to be
multiplied by two, for the + and - wire. Total resistance is 47.7 Ω. In
order to reduce the sensitivity by a factor of 10, when the full 3 meters
of cable is used, a shunt resistor of 5.3 Ω can be made out of a 1 and a
4.3 Ω resistor. The order of magnitude for the sensitivity will be 10 µV/
Wm
-2
.
The general formula for establishing the proper resistor for trimming by
a factor of 10 is [47 + (0.24 × cable length)]/9. The cable length is in
meters and the resistance is in ohms.
Net Solar Radiation Sensor
Periodic Maintenance
The Net Radiation Sensor is an all weather instrument. Once installed it
needs little maintenance. It is recommended that you clean the detector
as part of a regular routine, using water or alcohol.
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