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Maintaining Your Instrument
Instrument Diagnostics
Thermo Scientific NanoDrop One User Guide 291
Instrument Diagnostics
Every 6 months, run the following performance and quality checks to verify instrument
operation.
Intensity Check
Run Intensity Check every 6 months to verify operation of the instrument’s internal
components. The test measures the intensity of light from the xenon source through the
instrument to verify that throughput, wavelength accuracy, and bias are within specifications.
If the instrument has a cuvette holder (NanoDrop One
C
model only), the test is automatically
repeated using the cuvette optical path.
Supplies needed
• lint-free laboratory wipes
To run intensity check
1. Lift the instrument arm and clean the upper and lower pedestal with a new laboratory
wipe.
2. For the NanoDrop One
C
model instrument, remove any cuvette from the cuvette holder.
3. Lower the arm.
4. From the instrument home screen, tap (Diagnostics) and then tap
Intensity Check.
Intensity Check Performance Verification
Pedestal Image Check
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