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comme
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. his
appointment is t
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second addition to t
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UK
b
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to t
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and ou
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custome
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its po
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invalua
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DeSangosse expandswit
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second new appointment of 2017
New soil moistu
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atu
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e senso
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f
r
omDelta-T
Devices - t
h
eSM150T
T
h
e newSM150TSenso
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is ideal fo
r
measu
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ingmoistu
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e
content and tempe
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atu
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e in soils and su
b
st
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ates. It
h
as awide
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ange of applications ac
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icultu
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is a
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b
le and cost-effective senso
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fo
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stem integ
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ato
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s,
w
h
o app
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eciate its ease of installation and simple inte
r
face
(0V to 1VDCoutput).
T
h
eSM150T is a dual-pu
r
pose senso
r
- it can
b
e used
po
r
ta
b
l
y
(wit
h
a
r
eadoutmete
r
) fo
r
instantmoistu
r
e
r
eadings,
o
r
left installed in t
h
e soil connected to a logge
r
- top
r
ovide
moistu
r
e and tempe
r
atu
r
e data.W
h
en installed it can
b
e
logged
by
an
y
Delta-TDevices data logge
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and
by
man
y
logge
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s f
r
omot
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e
r
manufactu
r
e
r
s. T
h
eSM150T is enginee
r
ed
towit
h
stand long-te
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m
b
u
r
ial – t
h
e senso
r
, connecto
r
s and
ca
b
le a
r
e all envi
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onmentall
y
p
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otected to IP68 - and it comes
wit
h
a five-
y
ea
r
wa
rr
ant
y
.
Wit
h
a lengt
h
of onl
y
143mm (
r
ods 51mm), t
h
eSM150T can
b
e easil
y
installed in g
r
ow
b
ags andplant pots - and its
accu
r
ate and sta
b
le
measu
r
ement (± 3%
fo
r
0-70%VWC
r
ange) and low
powe
r
(18mA fo
r
1
second) make it an
excellent c
h
oice fo
r
i
rr
igation s
y
stem
integ
r
ation.
Fo
r
po
r
ta
b
le
applications, t
h
e
SM150T is availa
b
le
inSM150Kit fo
r
m,
completewit
h
r
eadoutmete
r
and
ca
rry
case. T
h
e kit is
simple to use and
r
ugged, making it
eas
y
to c
h
eck t
h
e
unifo
r
mit
y
of
g
r
owing conditions
in su
b
st
r
ates. T
h
e
kit includes
su
b
st
r
ate
cali
br
ations fo
r
pe
r
lite, coi
r
, peat,
andmine
r
al wool, as
well as soils.
T
h
eSM150T is eas
y
to inse
r
t and install -
its s
h
a
r
ppins
minimise soil
distu
rb
ance,
p
r
ese
r
ving t
h
e
o
r
iginal soil st
r
uctu
r
e
a
r
ound t
h
e
measu
r
ement
r
ods.
Fo
r b
u
r
ial at dept
h
t
h
e c
y
lind
r
ical s
h
ape
facilitates installation
in auge
r
ed
h
oles.
Fo
r
mo
r
e info
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mation visit:
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sm150t-
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ticultu
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