Wednesday, May 27, 2015

May 2015 maintenance - Angel Reef

The Buccoo Buoy was inspected on 11 May 2015. While the anchor ropes and metal base required cleaning, the sonde, probes and protective case were relatively unfouled. Badic maintenace was conducted on the sonde. None of the probes required the copper antifouling tape to be replaced.  The sacrificial anode was replaced.

A calibration was not conducted on this trip, and the sonde was cleaned and re-installed.

Data from the Sontek ADP was collected. The unit seems to be working fine and the data looks good.

The status of RMY RH sensor remains the same.

March 2015 maintenance - Angel Reef

ARTO1 was inspected ans serviced over the period 14-17 March 2015.  Minimal cleaning was required at this site. Anchor ropes and buoy base were cleaned.

The copper coating on the sonde probes was still intact and in good condition and was not replaced. Calibration of probes was conducted.  However, the sonde was in re-installed until a 7 days later. The probes were maintained in a moist environment until the sonde could bere-installed.

The RMY temp/RH installed the previous month was not collecting data. The unit was inpsected and reinstalled, but the problem persists. On further correspondence with C-ARMs two other options will be looked at to correct the problem.

The Sontek ADP was also deployed on this trip.

Cellular communication was confirmed, but no RF communication could be achieved on the day.

The next visit is scheduled for the end of May 2015