Construction
professionals have been using Kestrel Meters for years to monitor local
weather conditions, as it's not only important for worker and equipment
safety but also to ensure good results with processes like surface coating
and concrete pouring. The new Kestrel 4300 Construction Weather Tracker,
NK's latest specialty Kestrel meter, measures and displays evaporation
rate, a function of relative humidity, temperature and wind speed. Evaporation
rate is a critical environmental indicator that concrete contractors use
to ensure they avoid plastic shrinkage cracking of expensive concrete
installations. Plastic shrinkage cracking occurs when the surface of the
concrete dries too quickly and shrinks before the bed has cured enough
to resist cracking.
Previously, construction foremen have employed a Kestrel Meter to measure
the relevant conditions, then referenced an American Concrete Institute
chart to calculate the evaporation rate. The new Kestrel 4300 Construction
Weather Tracker does the work for them! The user simply enters the concrete
temperature (obtained via an IR or probe thermometer) and the 4300 calculates
the evaporation rate instantly. In addition to evaporation rate, the Kestrel
4300 remains the perfect rugged all-purpose construction weather tool,
measuring and logging the following relevant weather conditions right
where the workers and equipment are operating. |
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Evaporation
Rate
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Barometric Pressure & Trend
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Altitude & Density Altitude
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Relative Humidity & Dew Point
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Wind Chill & Heat Stress Index
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Wet Bulb Temperature
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Air Temperature
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Current & Average Wind Speed
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Maximum Wind Gust
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One-button clear and restart of Max Wind Gust and Average Wind measurement`
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Waterproof & Floats
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Manual data capture
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Automatic Data Storage
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Customizable Data Storage - 1800-point data logger with graphical
display for each measurement variable
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Auto data storage interval settable from 2 seconds to 12 hours
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Minimum, maximum, average and logged history stored and displayed
for every measured value
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Data Upload with optional PC interface and provided software
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Optional RS-232 connection with USB adapter available
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Electroluminescent backlight with automatic or manual activation
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Real-time hours:minutes:seconds clock, calendar, automatic leap-year
adjustment
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User-selectable auto shutdown: 15 or 60 minutes with no keypresses
or disabled
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Data Charting
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Five Languages: English, French, Spanish, German, and Italian
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User-replaceable Impeller
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Flip-top Impeller Cover
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Soft Carry Case
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Wrist and Neck Lanyards
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Five-year warranty from the manufacturer
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- Wind Speed (sample
every 1 second)
- 0.4 to 60
m/s (0.1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 59 to 11,948
ft/min (1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 1 to 218 km/h
(0.1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 0.8 to 135
mph (1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 0.6 to 118.3
kt (0.1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 0 to 12 Beaufort
(0.1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- Air Flow (sample
every 1 second)
- 0 to 99,999
cfm (1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 0 to 99,999
m3/h (1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 0 to 99,999
m3/m (1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 0.0 to 9,999.9
m3/s (0.1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- 0 to 99,999
L/s (1 resolution, 3% accuracy)
- Temperature (sample
every 1 second)
- -20.0 to 158.0
°F (0.1 resolution, 1.8 °F accuracy)
- -29.0 to 70.0
°C ( 0.1 resolution, 1.0 °C accuracy)
- Evaporation Rate
(sample every 1 second)
- 0.00 to 1.00
lb/ft2/hr (0.1 resolution, ±0.02 lb/ft2/hr accuracy)
- 0.00 to 5.00
kg/m2/hr ( 0.1 resolution, ±0.1 kg/m2/hr accuracy)
- Relative Humidity
(sample every 1 minute)
- 0.0 to 100.0
% (0.1 resolution, 3.0 %RH accuracy
- Barometric Pressure
(sample every 1 second)
- 8.86 to 32.48
inHg
- (0.01 resolution,
0.05 inHg accuracy)
- 300 to 1100
hPa / mb
- (0.1 resolution,
1.5 hPa / mb accuracy)
- PSI (0.1 resolution)
- Altitude ( sample
every 1 second)
- -6000 to 30000
ft (1 res, 50 ft accuracy)
- -2000 to 9000
m (1 res, 15 m accuracy)
- Wind Chill (sample
every 1 second)
- -49.0 to 257.0
°F (0.1 resolution, 1.8 °F accuracy)
- -45.0 to 125.0
°C (0.1 resolution, 1.0 °C accuracy)
- Heat Index (sample
every 1 minute)
- 0.0 to 100.0
%RH, -49.0 to 257.0 °F
- (0.1 resolution,
3.6 °F accuracy)
- -0.0 to 100.0
%RH, -45.0 to 125.0 °C
- (0.1 resolution,
2.0 °C accuracy)
- Dew Point (sample
every 1 minute)
- 0.0 to 100.0
%RH, -49.0 to 257.0 °F
- (0.1 resolution,
3.6 °F accuracy)
- 0.0 to 100.0
%RH, -45.0 to 125.0 °C
- (0.1 resolution,
2.0 °C accuracy)
- Wet Bulb (sample
every 1 minute)
- -49.0 to 257.0
°F, 0.0 to 100.0 %RH,
- 8.86 to 32.48
inHg
- (0.1 resolution,
3.6 °F accuracy)
- -45.0 to 125.0
°C, 0.0 to 100.0 %RH,
- 300.0 to 1100.0
hPa
- (0.1 resolution,
2.0 °C accuracy)
- Density Altitude
( sample every 1 second)
- FT: -49.0
to 257.0 °F, 0.0 to 100.0 % RH,
- 8.86 to 32.48
inHg (1 res, 246 accuracy)
- M: -45.0 to
125.0 °C, 0.0 to 100.0 %RH,
- 300.0 to 1100.0
hPa (1 res, 75 accuracy)
- Power requirements:
2 AAA Alkaline batteries (included)
- Battery life:
±400 hours, depending on backlight use
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