
Photographs:
Electronics (logger and sensor) housed inside PVC pipe
Tygon tubing (1/8" ID inside, 1/4" ID outside) "connects"
atmospheric port from pressure transducer to brass barb and from brass barb
to atmosphere
Additional tygon tubing (1/8" ID) connects pressure transducer ports to
inside barbs
Brass Barbs (one inside and one outside) & 3/4" Brass Nipple provide
the through housing connection
Concrete block provides stability and mass (more mass is recommended) to counteract
buoyancy of housing
Atmospheric tube can be attached to a 36" long threaded rod fixed to concrete
block
Two housings in concrete block
Close-up of brass barbs