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Reply To: Mounting Sensor on Floating Buoy

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2025-07-28 at 8:59 AM #19211
BrianJastram
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    Discovery-Center,

    I have attached some photos of the WQ monitoring buoy I built.

    I added an LED beacon to make it visible at night. I’m using a 20lb. kettlebell as the anchor with a steel cable and 3/8″ nylon rope with cable ties holding them together to prevent tangling. I added a float to the CTD sensor to ensure it maintains 18″ of distance away from the weight. It’s working well.

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    1. Floating01-scaled.jpeg

    2. IMG_1482-scaled.jpeg

    3. IMG_1486-scaled.jpeg

    4. IMG_1505-scaled.jpeg