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11 Trouble shooting
11.1 Slow heating and cooling
The T1 T
HERMOCYCLER is equipped with a strong ventilator for the cooling of the heat sink. The
inlet of this fan is located at the bottom side of the instrument. Be sure that the inlet is not
clogged by dust or other material (e.g. a sheet of paper placed under the cycler can be attached to
the inlet as the fan is in operation). Dirt can be removed easily from the inlet with a conventional
vacuum cleaner.
11.2 Adaptation of protocols from other cyclers
Since the T1 T
HERMOCYCLER is an extremely fast thermocycler it may be necessary to reduce
the heating and cooling ramps to run protocols from other cyclers. For the setting of the heating
and cooling ramps see section 6.3. Alternatively, the time settings may be extended.
Note: Protocolls that have been optimized with a TGradient thermocycler can be run without
changes.
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