Maintaining Your GC 3
Contents
1 About Maintaining the GC
Overview of Maintenance 10
Tools and Materials Required for Maintenance 11
Preparing for Maintenance 13
Viewing Status Data 14
Finding a Replacement Part Number 15
2 Removing Covers
To Remove the Detector Top Cover 18
To Remove the Pneumatics Cover 19
To Remove the Electronics Cover 20
3 Maintaining the GC
Consumables and Parts for General GC Maintenance 24
Parts Identification 26
To Change the Hydrogen Sensor Calibration Gas Cylinder 27
4 Maintaining Capillary Columns
Consumables and Parts for Columns 30
To Install a Capillary Column Hanger 32
To Install Capillary Column Clips 33
To Condition a Capillary Column 34
To Cut a Loop from a Column 37
To Reverse a Column and Bakeout Contaminants 38
5 Maintaining the Split/Splitless Inlet
Consumables and Parts for the Split/Splitless Inlet 42
Exploded Parts View of the Split/Splitless Inlet 45
To Install a Capillary Column with the Split/Splitless Inlet 46
To Change the Septum on the Split/Splitless Inlet 50
To Clean the Septum Seat in the Insert Assembly of the Split/Splitless Inlet 52
To Change the Liner and O-Ring on the Split/Splitless Inlet 54
To Replace the Gold Seal on the Split/Splitless Inlet 57