Flexicon’s FSU conduit has
been used to protect cabling
on five Automatic Weather
Stations (Estaciones
Meteorológicas Automáticas
– EMA’s) that have been
installed in remote,
mountainous locations
throughout Mexico.

Fairmount Weather
Systems purchased 4 x 50m
rolls of off-the-shelf FSU
conduit with glands to
protect cabling on the
equipment. The apparatus is
used to measure rainfall,
wind speed, wind direction,
RH, air temperature, soil
temperature, barometric
pressure and soil moisture.

Fairmount’s specification
was for IP65 cabling that
could withstand extreme
conditions. The conduit had
to have a high level of ingress
protection to resist high levels
of rain and had to protect the
cabling from being eaten and
damaged by small animals,
insects and birds.