ibidi Pump System
3.7
Drying Bottle
To supply CO
2
-enriched air to the Fluidic Unit, the back port of the pump must be connected with a
tubing to the incubator atmosphere. The drying bottle must be inserted into the tubing leading from
the incubator to the pump to protect the pump from the incubator’s humidified atmosphere. Failure
to use the drying bottle will result in condensate inside the pump, which could damage the pump
and cause malfunction.
Figure 9: Components of the Drying Bottle setup.
To assemble the parts of the drying bottle follow these steps:
1. Connect the yellow-marked tube to the Elbow Luer connector on the Omnifit® cap.
2. Pass approximately 2 cm of the black-marked tube through the hole in the Omnifit® cap.
3. Slide the filter bubbler on the end of the black marked tube.
4. Remove the stock cap from the drying bottle and screw the Omnifit® cap onto the bottle.
5. Turn the bottle upside down and push in the black-marked tubing until the filter bubbler
reaches the bottom of the bottle.
Figure 10: Assembled components of the Drying Bottle.
The setup of the drying bottle beside the incubator is shown in Section
The silica beads have an orange indicator that turns white when saturated with moisture. Make sure
your system only runs with orange (dry) beads. If the beads are white, replace them with new ones.
The silica beads can be dried and reused. Refer to Section
for detailed instructions.
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