Test station assemblies for monitoring cathodic protection of structures and related methods

A kit to provide enhanced monitoring at a test station assembly of a cathodic protection system of an at least partially buried or submerged structure, the kit comprising:

• a container;
• a probe positioned in the container and configured to connect to a measurement device;
• a face plate positioned in the container and including one or more test posts, the face plate configured to connect to a housing of the test station assembly, the housing to receive electrical conductors attached to the one or more test posts to electrically connect the one or more test posts to a coupon assembly, and
• a plurality of caps positioned in the container, each cap of the plurality of caps is configured to connect directly to a test post of the one or more test posts of the face plate of the test station assembly and, when each cap is connected to the test post of the one or more test posts, to fully cover the test post of the one or more test posts on the face plate except through an opening in each cap, each cap of the plurality of caps includes the opening sized to allow passage of the probe therethrough, thereby to facilitate measurement of voltage detected by the coupon assembly when (a) positioned proximate the structure and (b) attached to the one or more test posts, wherein each cap of the plurality of caps includes a recess that extends into an inner end of the cap and a bore that extends from the recess through the cap to the opening in an outer end of the cap, wherein the recess is configured to receive a nut of the respective test post so that the inner end of the cap abuts the face plate when connected to the respective test post.

A kit to provide enhanced monitoring at a test station assembly of a cathodic protection system of an at least partially buried or submerged structure, the kit comprising:

• a container;
• one or more probes positioned in the container, each of the one or more probes configured to connect to a measurement device;
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• one or more caps positioned in the container, each of the one or more caps is a single unit configured to connect directly to a test post of one or more test posts of a face plate of the test station assembly and, when connected to the test posts, to substantially cover the one or more test posts, each of the one or more caps including an opening of a size to allow passage of a probe of the one or more probes therethrough, thereby to facilitate measurement of voltage detected by a coupon assembly when (a) positioned proximate the structure and (b) attached to the one or more test posts, wherein each cap of the one or more caps includes a recess that extends into an inner end of the cap and a bore that extends from the recess through the cap to the opening in an outer end of the cap, wherein the recess is configured to receive a nut of the respective test post so that the inner end of the cap abuts the face plate when connected to the respective test post.

A kit to provide enhanced monitoring at a test station assembly of a cathodic protection system of an at least partially buried or submerged structure, the kit comprising:

• a container;
• a probe positioned in the container and configured to connect to a measurement device;
• one or more electrical conductors positioned in the container;
• a housing of the test station assembly positioned in the container;
• a face plate positioned in the container and including one or more test posts, the face plate configured to connect to the housing of the test station assembly, the housing configured to receive the one or more electrical conductors attached to the test posts to electrically connect the one or more test posts to a coupon assembly, and
• a plurality of caps positioned in the container, each cap of the plurality of caps is a single unit configured to connect directly to a test post of the one or more test posts of the face plate of the test station assembly and, when each cap is connected to the test post of the one or more test posts, to fully cover the test post of the one or more test posts on the face plate except through an opening in each cap, a number of the plurality of caps positioned in the container correspond to a number of the test posts included on the face plate, wherein each cap of the plurality of caps includes the opening sized to allow passage of the probe therethrough, thereby to facilitate measurement of voltage detected by the coupon assembly when (a) positioned proximate the structure and (b) attached to the one or more test posts, wherein each cap of the plurality of caps includes a recess that extends into an inner end of the cap and a bore that extends from the recess through the cap to the opening in an outer end of the cap, wherein the recess is configured to receive a nut of the respective test post so that the inner end of the cap abuts the face plate when connected to the respective test post.