Troubleshooting/Errors
144 Agilent 55B AA Spectrometer User’s Guide
Possible causes include:
Hollow cathode lamp misaligned.
The light path is obstructed in the sample compartment.
Faulty hollow cathode lamp.
Faulty PMT or related circuits.
9318 No peak: high HC lamp energy
High hollow cathode lamp energy.
The instrument Gain had been set to its lowest value but the hollow cathode lamp
signal was too high.
Possible causes include:
Hollow cathode lamp misaligned.
Faulty hollow cathode lamp.
Faulty PMT or related circuits.
9319 No peak: low BC lamp energy
Low Background Corrector (D
2
) lamp energy.
Possible causes include:
D
2
lamp misaligned.
The light path has been obstructed.
Faulty D
2
lamp or circuits.
9320 No peak: high BC lamp energy
High Background Corrector (D
2
)lamp energy.
Possible causes include:
D
2
lamp misaligned.
Faulty D
2
lamp.
Faulty PMT or related circuits.