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Operating instructions XENOTEST BETA+
6.
Start-up
NOTE - Handling lamps and filter plates
Residues from finger contact may burn in and
cause uneven irradiation.
•
Wear clean cotton gloves for installation.
Installing the Xenon lamp:
1.
Fig. 15:
Insert the Xenon lamps
7
through the flange
6
into
the lamp socket and push it in carefully all the way to the
stop.
2. Place the lamp centering piece
8
between the Xenon
lamps.
3. Install the contact sleeves
1
,
2
and
3
to the lamps. Make
sure that the contact sleeves are connected to the pertaining
lamps:
Lamp
1
= left
(cable no. 26),
Lamp
2
= center
(cable no. 27),
Lamp
3
= right
(cable no. 28).
4. Place the intermediate tube
5
onto the flange
6
. Make sure
that the ground conductor cable is secured with screws to
the flange and that the lamp connector cables are located
in the recesses.
5. Close the exhaust air lid with connecting sleeve
4
and latch
it.
6. Reinstall the adapter to the exhaust air duct or to the tech-
nical ventilation.
CAUTION - Overheating!
Apart from the light filtering, the light filters are
also used for absorbing heat. If tests are
conducted without light filters, the instrument
may overheat and the samples may be
damaged.
Ignite the Xenon irradiators only when light
filters are employed.
NOTE - Irradiator ignition
When the exhaust air lid at the top of the instru-
ment is opened, the irradiation system is
switched off. After the lid has been closed, the
system must be ignited again to resume the
irradiation process.
Fig. 15
