TEKTROL Tek-Flex 4100C Quick Start Manual

Quick Start Guide

Tek-Flex 4100C

Programmable Two-wire TDR Level Transmitter With Hart & Display

796 Tek Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 USA

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Quick Start Guide

Quick Start Guide

1. Before You Begin

This guide provides basic guidelines to assist you in quickly getting started. Go to our website to download the
full User Guide for detailed installation, maintenance, troubleshooting and safety precautions.

The user must take note of the safety instructions in this operating instructions manual, the country
specic installation standards as well as all prevailing safety regulations and accident prevention rules.
The instrument must only be operated in a technically awless and reliable condition. The operator is
responsible for trouble-free operation of the instrument. During the entire duration of use, the user is
obliged to determine the compliance of the required occupational safety measures with the current valid
rules and regulations and also take note of new regulations.

2. Unpack

One Tek-Flex 4100C Programmable Two-wire TDR Level Transmitter With Hart & Display

3. Dimensional Drawing

3.84"

(0.32 ft)

0.94"

0.86"

5.37"
(0.44 ft)

1½ NPT

2.6"

3 ft. to 60 ft.

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4. Mounting Requirement

Basic Requirement for Installation

Keep in mind that the cable/rod is kept away from obstructions within vessel. The obstructions like: ladders,
limit switches, heating spirals, struts and etc. Further more, rope or rods must not intersect the lling
streams.

Be cautious during the installation: the level of the measured cable medium must not be in the blanking
zone the mounting location must keep a min distance to the vessel wall, the cable or rod is perpendicular to
the surface of the measured medium.

Illustration

The reference plane is the thread or ange surface
1 Blanking Zone
2 Length
3 Max. Measurement Range
4 Min. Measurement Range
5 Reference plane

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4

3

5

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Note: The level of the measured medium must not be in either the blanking zone.

The best mounting location for a conical vessel with at top is the centre of the vessel's top, as the eective
measurement can reach the bottom of vessel.

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