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AT THE DILUTER
4.
DILUTER
START
UP
for the automatic Start Up cycles. The
system:
• Converts from cleaning agent to
diluent.
• Performs a background count in the
baths.
• Measures Hgb-blank and Hgb-sample
voltages.
• Performs ramp-pulse and precision-
pulse tests.
• Performs an electronic check of the
Triple Transducer Module.
5. Watch the cycles for normal reagent flow.
When COUNT appears on the Analyzer
CRT, check that:
• There are no bubbles in the 3 lines from
each of the aperture baths, which run
through VL13 and VL16, to the vacuum
isolator.
• Diluent drips steadily from these lines
into the vacuum isolator.
• You can see all six apertures on the
viewing screens and apertures are free
of debris.
• The startup has removed all traces of
cleaning agent from diluent dispensers,
baths and associated tubing. (Some
cleaning agent may remain behind the
aperture baths.)
7188034A
VL13 VL16
VACUUM
ISOLATOR
APERTURE
BATHS
PN 4237188A (December 1993)
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