6100CR Refrigerated Sampler - Isco

6100CR Refrigerated Sampler
Section 1 Introduction
2. Unpack the box carefully, checking for any possible shipping
damage.
3. Remove the tower shipping support. Reinstall the black
knob taken off when removing the support.
1.3.1 Under the Controller
Cover
When you have opened the cover over the controller, the most
prominent features inside are the keypad and display. You
program the sampler using the keypad and prompts from the
display.
Inside the refrigerator behind the sample bottle rack is a rectangular
protrusion with a yellow warning label on it. This is the
housing for the fill needle. When the sampler is in operation, the
fill needle raises and lowers automatically to inject the liquid
sample into the bottles in the rack.
The warning label is to warn you against putting your hand
between the tower and the bottle rack. You can be seriously
injured by the needle coming down when the sampler is in operation.
WARNING
Never place your hand or any other body parts between the
needle assembly and the bottle rack. If the sampler starts
unexpectedly, it will lower the needle to fill a bottle. You
could suffer serious personal injury if your hand is caught
between the needle and the bottle rack. The needle comes
down with enough force to cause serious injury. In order to
avoid damage, always make sure bottle rack is in place,
bottles are in all 24 positions, and the shut-off handles on
all bottles are horizontal.
1.3.2 The Bottle Rack Teledyne Isco ships the bottle rack separately from the sampler
for protection. Because of the carrier’s insulating properties you
can pack the bottle rack with ice (or gel packs if you are
shipping) to keep the samples cool from when they are gathered
to when they are analyzed at the laboratory. (Gel packs are a
packaged cooling agent.)
It is very important to keep the samples cool to keep them representative;
heat drives volatile organic compounds out of solution.
The metal plate holding the bottles inside the bottle rack keeps
the bottles in place during shipment and use. It prolongs the
melting time of the ice. The knurled knob with the threaded
shaft attaches the bottle rack to the controller. Never operate the
sampler without the stainless steel cover in place and the knob
securely tightened. Before installing the bottle rack, look at the
tops of the bottles. Make sure all the valve handles on the bottles
are turned so they are perpendicular to the standing bottles, or
facing 3 and 9 o’clock. (See Figure 1-2.)
This is important, not only for proper alignment for sampling,
but also to ensure thst all bottles are closed and free from contamination.
During normal operation, the sampler may occasionally
leak a small amount of sample around the O-ring on the
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