Tr
oubleshooting
Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform User’s Guide
8-7
Correcting Malfunctions
Interference with other
devices only when the
energy platform is activated.
Metal-to-metal sparking.
Check all connections to the
energy platform, patient
return electrode, and
instruments.
High settings used for
FULGURATION.
Use lower power settings for
FULGURATION.
Electrically inconsistent ground
wires in the operating room.
Verify that all ground wires are
as short as possible and go to
the same grounded metal.
If interference continues when
the energy platform is
activated, the monitor is
responding to radiated
frequencies.
Ask your biomedical
engineering department to
check with the manufacturer
of the monitor.
Some manufacturers offer RF
choke filters for use in monitor
leads. The filters reduce
interference when the energy
platform is activated and
minimize the potential for an
electrosurgical burn at the site
of the monitor electrode.
Situation
Possible Cause
Solution
