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2. Installation and Utilization
2.1 Instrument Installation
1) Open-case Inspection
Please check the integrity of the product package before open it. Report the transportation
department and the manufacturer in case there is any sign of defects, collisions or water marks.
After this, please open the package and check the instrument and accessories according to the
packing list, ensure that all components are present and intact, report any missing items to our
company or the distributors that assigned by our company. Please keep the packing materials for
future use, for damages as consequence of improper packaging that incurred during the
transportation back to maintenance department, XATL Co., Ltd. will not be responsible for the
warranty.
2) Instrument Placement
The Genesy thermal cycler should be placed in the room with low humidity, less dust and away
from water source (such as water pool, water tube etc.), the room should be well ventilated,
without corrosive gas and intense magnetic field. Please do not put the instrument in wet or
dusty place; do not place the instrument in soft surface, the instrument base may sink into the
soft surface and block up the air inlet beneath; the openings on the instrument are designed for
ventilation, please do not block or cover these ventilation openings. While the instrument is
running, distance between adjacent objects and the surrounding ventilation openings shall be no
less than 30cm; please prevent the instrument away from directly sunshine, heating furnaces,
stoves and other heat sources.
3) Grounding
For protection against electric shock hazards, the Genesy thermal cycler must be proper
grounded. The power cord provided is with a standard three pin plug, please plug it into an
appropriate three-wire grounded receptacle for operation safeties.
4) Power Supply
Before connecting the AC power supply, please ensure the consistent of the Genesy thermal
cycler required voltage and the power supply voltage (allowable deviation ± 10%). And make
sure that the rated load of receptacle is no less than the requirement of the instrument.
5) Power Cord
Under normal circumstances, please use the instrument attached power cord. If the original
power cord is destroyed, please substitute with the power cord whose type and size are identical
to the original one. Please do not put anything on the power cord and keep it away from places
where people move around.
6) Power Cord Plug
Please hold the plug when you plug the power cord and make sure the plug is perfectly inserted
into the socket, do not pull the power cord to pull out the plug.