Maintaining Your GC 3
Contents
1 About Maintaining the GC
Overview of Maintenance 10
Tools and Materials Required for Maintenance 11
Maintenance Methods for the 7820A GC 13
Safety Information 15
Finding a Replacement Part Number 16
2 Removing Covers
To Remove the Detector Top Cover 18
To Remove the Pneumatics Cover 19
To Remove the Side Cover 20
To Remove the Electronics Cover 21
3 Maintaining Capillary Columns
Consumables and Parts for Columns 24
To Install a Capillary Column Hanger 26
To Install Capillary Column Clips 27
To Condition a Capillary Column 28
To Cut a Loop from a Column 31
To Reverse a Column and Bakeout Contaminants 32
4 Maintaining the Split/Splitless Inlet
Consumables and Parts for the Split/Splitless Inlet 36
Exploded Parts View of the Split/Splitless Inlet 39
To Install a Capillary Column with the Split/Splitless Inlet 40
To Change the Septum on the Split/Splitless Inlet 44
To Clean the Septum Seat in the Insert Assembly of the Split/Splitless
Inlet 46
To Change the Liner and O-Ring on the Split/Splitless Inlet 48
To Replace the Gold Seal on the Split/Splitless Inlet 50
To Replace the Filter in the Split Vent Line 52
To Clean the Split/Splitless Inlet 55
To Bakeout Contaminants from the Split/Splitless Inlet 57