Campbell-scientific Sentek EnviroSCAN Access Tube Installation Guide Manuale Utente

for EnviroSCAN EnviroSMART Diviner 2000 ACCESS TUBE INSTALLATION GUIDE Version 1.0

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 7 Cover crop and mulch Cover crops provide more competition for water, but reduce evaporation and facilitat

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 8 The diagrams on the following pages show an example of how ‘factors that affect crop water use’ can be us

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 9 From this the requirements for soil improvements and amelioration are outlined: Once t

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 10 Overlaying all this information makes it possible to identify, within a property, areas (zones) that hav

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 11 In the example illustrated below, cans in the blue shaded area received above average water; th

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 12 In addition, in drip irrigation, the slope needs to be taken into consideration, to account for movement

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 13 Installing access tubes for Diviner 2000, EnviroSCAN

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 14 Disclaimer: The access tubes, probes and sensors su

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 15 The figure below shows preferential flow of water do

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 16 Standard manual installation method Introduction The

Access Tube Installation Guide EnviroSCAN EnviroSMART Diviner 2000 All rights reserved. No part of this document may be reproduced, transc

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 17 Toolkit items Item Part Number Standard Access T

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 18 1 x Nylon dolly 70205 1 x Heavy duty dolly 7

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 19 To assemble the tripod at the site: 1. Attach the b

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 20 Watch the bubble in the spirit level on the side of

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 21 4. Select the 47.0 mm regular auger head. Note: T

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 22 7. Disengage the metal “tooth” on the tripod by turn

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 23 depth has been reached. Note: If the access tube sp

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 24 16. Auger ahead of the access tube by approximately

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 25 20. When all pins are removed, carefully lift the tr

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 26 Step 4 – Cleaning the access tube The access tube mu

Access Tube Installation Guide Low Res Copyright © 1991 – 2003 Sent ek Pt y Ltd All rights reserved Page i Contents Access Tube Installation Guid

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 27 6. Change cotton cloths as required and continue wi

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 28 5. Place the Expandable Bung Tightening Tool over t

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 29 2. Take a silicon gun with a new nozzle and apply t

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 30 8. For EnviroSCAN and EnviroSMART probes, strip back

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 31 5. Insert the assembled auger into the tripod ensu

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 32 3. Fit the Auger Centralization Poly Guide over the

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 33 Gravelly soils If you encounter a layer of small sto

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 34 Stony Soils The standard manual installation method

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 35 Slurry Installation Method What are the different sl

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 36 Note: Slurry installations take some preparation ti

Access Tube Installation Guide Low Res Copyright © 1991 – 2003 Sent ek Pt y Ltd All rights reserved Page 1 About this manual This guide describes

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 37 Additional items for difficult stony soils Item Pa

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 38 Installation procedure Step 1 – Glue in bottom stopp

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 39 Step 2 – Auger the hole To manually auger the access

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 40 Hint: If you encounter difficulties augering throug

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 41 Step 3 – Make the slurry Slurry Recipe • 1 part gre

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 42 Step 4 – Insert the access tube To install the acces

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 43 Step 5 – Chip off excess slurry To tidy up around th

Installing EnviroSCAN, EnviroSMART & Diviner 2000 access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 44 6. Screw the cap back onto the top cap housing.

Removing access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 45 Removing Access Tubes Access tubes can be removed from a site when the site no longer requires mo

Removing access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 46 4. Use the Tommy Bars to tighten the T-Handle and Expandable bung tightening tool to the extensio

Introduction Copyright © 1991 – 2003 Sent ek Pt y Ltd All rights reserved Page 2 Introduction The Access Tube Installation Guide provides import

Removing access tubes © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 47 5. Place the hook of the steel cable from the tripod through the upper eye of the extraction too

Toolkit items © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 48 Toolkit Items Sentek access tube items Part No. 20510 Part No. 21010 Part No. 21510 Part No. 22010 1.0 me

Toolkit items © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 49 Standard Access Tube Installation Kit Complete (Part No. 07000) Part A – Auger Kit (Part Number 07050)

Toolkit items © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 50 Part No. 70150 1 x Regular T-handle The T-handle is attached to the auger extension rods, which are a

Toolkit items © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 51 Part No. 70215 3 x Tripod anchor pins The 600 mm tripod anchor pins are used to fix the tripod in pla

Toolkit items © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 52 Part No. 70030 Heavy Duty T-Handle The Heavy Duty T-Handle is a reinforced T-Handle that attaches to

Toolkit items © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 53 Part No. 70180 Access tube cutting tool The access tube cutting tool is a precision PVC pipe cut

Recommended Reading © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 54 Recommended Reading Brady, N.C., Weil, R.R., 1996, The Nature and Properties of Soils, 11th Editio

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 3 Site Selection The key to effective soil moisture monitoring is to select monitoring sites which truly re

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 4 Micro zone selection determines the position of access tubes in relation to the crop and irrigation syste

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 5 Notwithstanding the care taken to delineate macro zones, some variability in soil moisture levels is inev

Site Selection © Sentek Pty Ltd Page 6 Organic Matter The presence of organic matter and humus increases the cation exchange capacity (CEC), wat