Model: 6533
Technical Specs |
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The Wind Monitor is a high performance wind speed and direction sensor manufactured by R.M. Young Company and designed specifically for air quality measurements. It combines simplicity and lightweight corrosion resistant construction with low threshold, fast response and excellent fidelity.
The wind speed sensor is a four blade helicoid propeller. Propeller rotation produces AC sine wave voltage signal with a frequency directly proportional to wind speed. Slip rings and brushes are not used.
The wind direction sensor is a lightweight vane with sufficiently high damping ratio and low aspect ratio to assure excellent fidelity in rapidly fluctuating winds. Vane position is sensed by a precision conductive plastic potentiometer. With a known excitation voltage applied to the potentiometer, the output signal is directly proportional to the azimuth angle.
The instrument is made of UV stabilized plastic with stainless steel and anodized aluminium fittings. All bearings are stainless steel precision grade.
A micro-power interface circuit, housed in a convenient junction box on the mounting post, converts the AC sine wave to a 5V signal and potentiometer output to a calibrated 2.50V signal, suitable for connection to the data logger.
A 8 core cable (Model 6600F) can be used to connect the instrument to the logger. The instrument mounts on standard 1 inch pipe.
| Power: |
5V dc from logger |
| Mounting: |
standard 1 inch (25mm) pipe |
| Size: |
38×65cm H×L, propeller 20cm |
| Weight: |
0.7kg |
| Wind Speed |
| Range: |
0 to 60 metres/sec (130kph) |
| Gust survival: |
100 metres/sec (220kph) |
| Accuracy: |
speed ۪2m/s (0.4mph) |
| Threshold: |
propeller 1.0m/s (2.2mph) |
| Output signal: |
8 or 16 bit counter channel, 3 pulses per revolution (0.098m/s per Hz) |
| Wind Direction |
| Range: |
360° mechanical, 355° electrical (5° open) |
| Accuracy: |
±3° |
| Threshold: |
vane – 0.5m/s (1.0mph) at 10° displacement, 0.7m/s (1.6mph) at 5° displacement |
| Output signal; |
1 analog channel, 0 to 2.50V calibrated, 0 to 359° |
| Sensor Interface |
| Operating Temperature: |
-20 to 60°C |
| Output signals: |
0-2.50V dc full scale (direction), 5.00V square wave |
| Power: |
5V dc (4mA from logger) |
| Line Driver (optional) |
| Description: |
The two channel line driver converts wind speed and wind direction to separate 4-20mA signals. |
| Operating temperature: |
-20 to 60°C |
| Output signals: |
4-20mA full scale |
| Power: |
12-30V dc |
| Model |
Description |
Requires |
| 6533A |
Wind Monitor Instrument |
8-core cable (Model 6600F) |
| 6533PCB |
RM Young 05103 Micropower Interface |
| 6533LD |
4-20mA Interface – 2 channels |
| 6246 |
Wind Monitor Instrument User Manual Supplement |
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