Chapter - 9 Troubleshooting Table
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Chapter - 9 Troubleshooting Table
This chapter offers help to eliminate possibly occuring errors quickly.
Faulty
measurement
results
Glass plates at the ends of the
polarimeter tube are dirty or
stained.
Clean the glass plates.
Polarimeter tube dirty.
Clean the polarimeter tube.
Air bubbles in the optical path
of the polarimeter tube.
Fill in additional sample into
the polarimeter tube.
Sample liquid extremely dark.
Dilute the sample.
Saved blank was not measured
with the current polarimeter
tube.
Measure the blank with the
currently used polarimeter
tube.
See Chapter 7.5 Blank.
Calibration data is obsolete.
Re-calibrate the measurement
range.
See Chapter 7.3 Calibrating the .
Calibration data of the
temperature sensor faulty
Re-calibrate the temperature
sensor.
See Chapter 7.4 Calibrating the
Temperature Sensor.
Inferior precision
Polarimeter was not cleaned
thoroughly between sample
measurements.
Clean the polarimeter tube
thoroughly after each
measurement with dest. water
or an appropriate solvent.
Sample has not yet reached
room temperature.
Wait until the sample has
reached room temperature.
Instrument
cannot be
switched on
Fuse blown
Change the fuse.
See Chapter 8.2 Changing the
Fuse.