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FluoroMax-3 v. 3.1 (3 Mar 2006)
Maintenance
6-9
Warning:
The information in this section does not consti-
tute permission to adjust, manipulate, or remove any
electrical or other components in the FluoroMax
®
-3.
This information is provided for reference purposes
only. Contact Spex
®
Fluorescence Service in case of
system failure or suspected failure, before attempting
repairs or testing with meters. DO NOT ATTEMPT
ANY REPAIRS OR INSTRUMENT EVALUATION
WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF SPEX
®
FLUORESCENCE SERVICE.
±15 V Supply
Reference-detector
current-acquisition
module
Electronics
In case of the rare chance of system failure, this section is provided to help the user un-
derstand the electronics components.
Xenon-lamp
power supply
The xenon lamp’s
power supply has a
capacity of 150–300
W, and is found in the
center back of the
instrument. In order to
suppress the emf spike
emitted from the
lamp’s power supply
during arcing and
start-up of the lamp—
several thousand volts—this contains specialized line filters.
The power supply is preset at the factory for the correct current and voltage to supply
the xenon lamp with 150 W. Poor lamp performance or difficulty maintaining a stable
lamp arc may be the result of an improperly set power supply. Contact Spex
®
Fluores-
cence Service for more details.
CTI card and slave controller
The main instrument board and CPU board for the slave controller are located in the top
rear of the FluoroMax
®
-3, mounted on a motherboard. The CPU board contains a firm-
ware version of the low-level system drivers.
The CTI card is used for all instrument control, data collection, and system timing.
Connections from this board go to the monochromator-drive boards, detector acquisi-
Summary of Contents for FluoroMax-3
Page 5: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 1 3 Mar 2006 v 15 Declaration of Conformity 15 1 16 Index 16 1...
Page 6: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 1 3 Mar 2006 vi...
Page 18: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 1 3 Mar 2006 Introduction 0 12...
Page 36: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 22 Feb 2005 System Description 2 8...
Page 96: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 1 3 Mar 2006 Maintenance 6 12...
Page 156: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 1 6 Mar 2006 Automated Polarizers 10 22...
Page 208: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 1 6 Mar 2006 Bibliography 14 4...
Page 210: ...FluoroMax 3 v 3 1 6 Mar 2006 Declaration of Conformity 15 2...