Agilent Cary 8454 UV-Visible Spectroscopy System Installation Guide 63
Installing Accessories 4
Optical Filter Wheel
The optical filters of the filter wheel must be kept clean. Dirty filters
interfere with light transmission and lower the spectrophotometer
performance. These filters may be cleaned with isopropanol and
photographic lens tissues.
Installing the Filter Wheel Assembly
Installing the filter wheel assembly is fairly simple. The procedure is the
same for all three cell holders. You will need a Phillips screwdriver to
install the filter wheel assembly. However, if you install the filter wheel on
the long path cell holder, instead of a screwdriver, a 2.5- mm hex wrench
is required.
1 Remove the cell holder from the sample compartment.
2 Remove the two screws shown in Figure 22.
3 Position the filter wheel assembly clamp as shown in Figure 22. Replace
the two screws but do not tighten them.
4 Tilt the outer edge of the clamp up slightly.
5 Bring the filter wheel assembly against the cell holder so that the clamp
fits in the slot of the filter wheel assembly. The mounting ridges on the
Figure 22 Installing the optical filter wheel assembly
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