110 Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis System User Manual
5 Using the Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis System
Capillary Electrophoresis, CE
Switching the Lamp On
The lamp can be switched on automatically as part of initialization (see “DAD
Control” on page 180).
To switch the lamp on or off manually:
1 In the DAD diagram click the lamp icon. A menu will offer the option to
switch the lamp on or off depending of the current status. Please see
Figure 23 for the different lamps statuses in the DAD diagram.
Figure 23 UV lamp status Off, Ignition, On
2 To ignite the lamp from the menu go to Instrument > More DAD > UV Lamp and
select Switch Lamp On or Switch Lamp Off. Please see Figure 23 for the
different lamps statuses in the DAD diagram.
3 Prior to a run, allow the lamp to warm up for about 1 hour.
If the warm up time of the lamp is too short, a baseline drift in the
electropherogram may occur.