User guide

Grounding Guidelines:
For best results, use a good quality earth ground, such as
metallic water piping or a driven ground, to ensure a good
connection to earth ground and good noise suppression.
If the ow sensor is installed in metallic piping, for optimum
connection clamp wire to the piping a short distance to one
side of the ow sensor using an electrical grounding clamp.
Connect the wire to the earth ground and to one of the housing
screws.
For Non-Metallic Pipe: Connect one to the housing screws by
wire to a good earth ground, such as metalic water piping or a
rod driven into the ground.
EX meters are usually unaffected by moderate levels of electri-
cal noise. In some applications performance may be improved
by taking the following steps:
• Use shielded twisted pair cable (Belden 8723 or
equivalent above ground or Alpha 35482 or
equivalent burial).
• Clamp a ferrite bead (Steward 28A2029-OAO or
equivalent) on meter signal/power wire within 3/4”
of the meter strain relief (tape or tie wrap in place if
necessary). See diagram below.
• IMPORTANT - Connect the cable shield ground
wire to ground, ONLY at power supply end of cable.
General Electrical Guidelines:
• Whenever possible avoid running control cables in
the same conduit with or bundled with AC power.
• Using shielded cable, be sure to connect shield to
ground at power supply end of the cable. Do not
connect other end of shield.
• Avoid routing ow sensor cables in close proximity to
a variable frequency drive.
• Recommended power and output wiring is shielded
twisted pair 18-22 AWG control cable.
• Recommended voltage is 12-24 Vdc. Note that
unregulated power supplies can vary from nameplate
voltage by a considerable amount, especially with AC
line voltage uctuation. Therefore 24V power supplies
must be regulated.
See the Connections diagrams on the following pages for the
appropriate terminals.
Power: A 12 - 24 Vdc power supply capable of at least 250
mA current output is needed.
Output: The standard output is pulses with ow in the forward
direction (Reverse ow output is optional [-15] ). Electrically
it is an open collector opto isolated switch. The output is not
internally powered.
Note: This output is limited to 6 mA at 30 Vdc maximum.
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ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS
GROUNDING DIAGRAM
Housing Screw
Earth
Ground
Grounding Clamp
PLACE FERRITE BEAD HERE
Metallic Pipe
Caution: The EX100/200 has a strong start
and run current. When using solar panels
and VRSLA batteries as a power source,
use caution to insure the EX-series sensor
has the -50 Low-power Option and that all Seamet-
rics products on the power circuit receive sufcient
voltage and current under all conditions. Failure to
do so will lead to unreliable operation and possible
damage to the unit/s. Please reference the technical
bulletin, ‘Solar and Battery-Power Guildlines’ avail-
able on our website: www.seametrics.com