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Rika - Model RK400-01 -Tipping Bucket Rainfall Sensors
The RK400-01 Tipping Bucket Rainfall Sensor is an instrument for testing rainfall in the nature. In order to meet the re quirement of information transmission, processing, recording and display, the amount of rainfall is converted to pulse o utput. It can be widely used in weatherstations, hydrometric stations, agriculture & forestry, defense & field monitoring s tations. It can provide the original data for flood-prevention, water-supply system, and reservoir water management in p lant.
- Compact size for easy use
- High accuracy, good stability
- Mesh in the funnel preventing debris such as leaves and insects from entering the working of rain sensor(mesh is optional)
- Well made tipping bucket with low resistance
- Highly polished stainless steel construction
- Horizontal Bubble in the bottom
- Rain collector with filter, to prevent the leaves, such as debris jam over the hole
- Optional heating function in cold region
- Water supply system
- Hydrologic monitoring
- Natural disaster monitoring
- Agro-meteorological research
- Climate research
Rainfall is captured in the 200mm diameter collector funnel and is directed through a delivery pipe to fill a divided ABS injection molded tipping bucket device.The bucket is pivoted through its center and has a preset calibration to tip for 0.2 mm of rainfall. When the bucket is “full”, it pivots and empties - this action magnetically closes and opens a reed switch, sending a pulse signal to the data logger or electronic counter. Through this tipping “seesaw” action, the other side of the bucket is aligned to receive the flow from the delivery pipe. This recording and tipping cycle continues with rainfall.
