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Detectors
Agilent 6890 Gas Chromatograph Service Manual
Flame Ionization Detector (FID) 310
Replacement procedures
Removing the electrometer
WARNING Before proceeding, turn off the oven and any heated zones and let them cool
down. Turn off any detector gases at their supply. Then turn off the main
power switch and unplug the power cord.
1. Remove the right side cover of the instrument.
Caution Make sure you are properly grounded with an ESD strap before continuing.
2. Disconnect the electrometer’s ribbon cable from the detector’s interface
board.
3. Remove the collector block (three Torx T-20 screws).
4. Remove the two Torx T-20 screws and the corresponding clamps on the
electrical interconnect.
5. Remove the Torx T-20 screw from each end of the electrometer and
remove the electrometer. (Do not remove the screw on the top of the
electrometer that holds the cover on.)
Figure 310-11 Removing the FID electrometer
Electrometer
Interconnect
Clamps
Collector block