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Doc Ref: DG162 

Issue Date: January 2017 

Issue Number: 2

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Installation Guide

Installation Guide

Solar PULSA

SAFETY FIRST

INSTALLATION 

Ensure that the site is surveyed for buried services and that 

Ensure that the site is surveyed for buried services and that 
any electrical supply is isolated before commencing work.

any electrical supply is isolated before commencing work.

All materials to be handled using suitable mechanical equip-

All materials to be handled using suitable mechanical equip-
ment or suffi  cient manpower for the weight of the item being 

ment or suffi  cient manpower for the weight of the item being 
handled.

handled.

TOOLS & MATERIALS REQUIRED

Tri-head Key.   

Tri-head Key.   
5mm Allen key.

5mm Allen key.
Electrical Screwdriver.

Electrical Screwdriver.

PACKING LIST

Box 1 - Solar panel
Box 2 - Solar PULSA
Box 3 - Solar Panel support,89mm U Bolt Kit, battery and regulator.

Side Cutters

Side Cutters
13mm spanner

13mm spanner
Ø14mm drill

Ø14mm drill

The Solar PULSA 
is supplied as a kit 
designed to fi t onto a 
pre-installed 89/168 
column. The column 
manufacturer should be 
consulted to provide a 
column and foundation 
plan suitable for the 
equipment to be mount-
ed and environmental 
conditions peculiar to 
the site.

Weights and dimen-
sions of the solar 
PULSA equipment are 
shown overleaf to help 
with calculating the 
loads.

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Drill a Ø14mm hole 
in the post at the 
required height 
(2543mm from 
ground level to give 
a height of 2100mm 
to the base of the 
Pulsa) - 

Surface protect 
the bare metal and 
ensure the hole is 
free from burrs and 
sharp edges.

Assemble the solar panel support by 
uncoiling the solar panel output lead 
and feeding it through the panel support 
bracket as shown.

Place the bracket over the aperture in 
the panel back moulding and secure 
with the 4 Tri-head screws supplied. 

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Solar panel 
output lead

Panel back 
moulding

Panel support 
bracket

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Doc Ref : IG197

Issue Date: September 2019

Issue Number : 2.1

Take the solar panel assembly 
and feed the solar output lead 
down the post from the top so 
that it emerges in the column 
base housing.

Place the solar panel assembly 
on the top of the post and align it 
to point directly South. 

Ensure that nothing impedes the 
solar panels view of the sun all 
year round.

Tighten the grub screws to lock 
the solar panels assembly onto 
the post.

Fix the Pulsa to the post 
in accordance with the 
standard Pulsa installa-
tion instructions.

Pass the PULSA supply 
cable down the post  
via the drilled hole and 
into the column base 
housing.

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6

Moving to the 
column base, fi x the 
regulator board in 
the base with the 
8mm hex screw 
supplied. 

At this point ensure 
that the root of the 
column  base will 
not fi ll with rising 
water above ground 
level. If there is a 
risk of this, create a drain hole in the column 
near ground level in order to protect the batter-
ies from water ingress.  

The next step (7) is to install the batteries and 
make the connections. Please ensure that the 
connections are made in the following order :
1. Battery          2. Load     3. Solar panel.

On/Off  Switch

Hook

Fixing screw

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