Product Manual - MED Multi-well Connector (MED-C11) 11
5. Maintenance
5. Maintenance
5-1. Cleaning of the contact pins
The 64 leads of a MED Multi-well Probe connect to the Connector via small contact pins. Clean the gold
contact pins with following procedure if you observe noise from dirty pins.
Figure 15.
MED Multi-well Probe. View from side (left) and its structural scheme (right).
1. Loosen the 4 screws at the bottom of MED Multi-well Connector to remove the upper “Connector unit
from the bottom “Base unit.
Figure 16.
MED Multi-well Connector, bottom view (left) and reassembled Connector (right).
2. Clean the contact pins of the printed circuit board with a kimwipe soaked in 70% ethanol. Clean the
64 pins one by one vertically.
Do NOT clean the pins laterally, as it may damage the contact pins.
(See Figure 17.) Do not touch the contact pins with bare hands.
Figure 17.
Cleaning the contact pins. Clean them vertically.
3. Reunite the Base unit and Connector unit.
Connector
unit
Base unit