13 Maintaining the FPD+
To Install a Capillary Column to the FPD+
208 Maintaining Your GC
8 Remove the column, nut, and swaged ferrule from the tool.
9 Wipe the column walls with a tissue dampened with isopropanol to remove fingerprints
and dust.
10 Carefully thread the swaged column up into the detector fitting. Finger-tighten the column
nut, then use a wrench to tighten an additional 1/8 turn.
11 The GC maintenance wizard will perform checks at the appropriate times, including Leak &
Restriction tests, and will automatically reset the maintenance counters.
12 Select Finished, then select OK to exit the GC maintenance wizard.
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