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Optimize Performance
Here are some guidelines to ensure optimal performance and to prevent problems.
Keep the devices clean and the tubing wet
The most critical factor for ensuring optimal performance is to adhere to the
Recommended Maintenance Schedule on page 77. Enable AutoPrime to keep tubes
from clogging.
Prime the tubing to remove air bubbles
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See 405 Recommendations for Priming the Washer on the next page
Best Practices
l Fill the supply bottles with sufficient fluid. Never run the 405 TS without the fluid
filter installed (on the end of the tubing inside the supply bottle).
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Note: To avoid spilling fluid when refilling bottles or changing reagents, first release
the Quick Connector from the bottle cap, use a paper towel to sop up the few drops in
the cap. Then, refill the bottle.
l Make sure the bottles, solutions, and tubing are clean and do not contain any
particles or mold. Solutions that are recycled over several days will grow algae,
bacteria, molds, or other undesirable organisms.
l Prime before dispensing. Priming the tubing is the most critical factor in assuring
optimal performance.
l Empty the waste bottles and firmly seat the bottles’ caps and quick release
connectors. To make sure fluid does not back up into the vacuum pump during
operation keep the waste sensor cable installed and the waste detection sensor
activated. If fluid collects in the overflow bottle, thoroughly rinse the fluid-level
switch and bottle.
l Check the external tubing connections for kinks and clogs.
l When equipped with BioTek's Verify™ Technology ("Q" models), before
processing your assay plates, take five minutes to run the Verify routine to
ensure the manifold tubes are not clogged.
l Put microplates on the carrier with well A1 in the left rear corner as you face the
instrument, and firmly seat the plate in the carrier.
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