Maintenance schedule 4-3
Maintenance schedule
The following table lists periodic maintenance schedules that ensure optimum
instrument performance.
The maintenance frequencies shown apply to instruments that normally
receive moderate use.
Maintenance schedule:
Procedure Frequency For information...
Clean the instrument case. As required. See page 4-20.
Empty the exhaust trap bottle
in the instrument exhaust
line.
Check daily, empty as
required.
See page 4-20.
Gas ballast the roughing
pump.
ESI – weekly. See page 4-22.
Inspect and adjust the
roughing pump oil level.
Weekly. See page 4-25.
Clean the source components. When they are visibly
fouled, the background
or high-peak
contaminants are
unacceptably high, or
sensitivity decreases to
unacceptable levels.
See page 4-27.
Clean or replace the ESI
probe tip.
When sensitivity
decreases to
unacceptable levels.
See page 4-95.
Replace the ESI probe
capillary.
When sensitivity
decreases to
unacceptable levels or
sample flow is
inconsistent.
See page 4-69.
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