72 Maintaining Your GC
6 Maintaining the Purged Packed Inlet
To Install a Capillary Column with the Purged Packed Inlet
1 Gather the following:
• Column
• Ferrule (See “Consumables and Parts for the Purged
Packed Inlet” on page 68.)
• Column nut
• Glass liner
• Viton O- ring
• 0.53- mm column adapter
• Septum
• 1/4- inch wrench
• Metric ruler
• Lint- free gloves
2 Load the inlet maintenance method and wait for the GC
to become ready.
3 Install a 0.53- mm column adapter. (See “To Install an
Adapter on the Purged Packed Inlet” on page 81.)
4 Install a new Viton O- ring. (See “To Change the O- Ring
on the Purged Packed Inlet” on page 83.)
5 Place a septum, capillary column nut, and ferrule on the
column.
Be careful! The oven and/or inlet may be hot enough to cause
burns. If the inlet is hot, wear heat-resistant gloves to protect your
hands.
Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles
while handling, cutting, or installing glass or fused silica capillary
columns. Use care in handling these columns to prevent puncture
wounds.
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with
dirt and skin oils.
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