PUTTING THE GENERATOR INTO OPERATION
Please follow strictly the described steps. It helps to prevent damage of the
generator, other equipment, and personnel injury.
Step 1.
Unpack the generator and check the presence into the package of all the above
mentioned items.
Step 2.
Set up the generator. Ground it obligatory by connecting ground cable to terminal
on the rear panel (
11
) or use three terminal power supply outlet with grounding
contact.
Step 3.
Check the output coaxial female connector on the front panel of the generator and
co-pair male connectors of the HV cable assemblies. All the connectors should be
clean, free from dust, dirt and any obstacles. Clean the connectors by alcohol
and/or cotton bud if necessary. After cleaning, please apply a drop of pure silicon
oil before mating the connectors. Oil fills air gap between insulators of the co-pair
connectors and eliminates possible arcing.
Choose the cable assembly which you want to operate with, depending on the
required output pulse amplitude. Output module without the divider allows to get
3kV...10kV pulse amplitude on high impedance load; output module with 1:3
divider gives three times less amplitude. You can connect also cable assembly with
N-type connector together with your own sample holder or HV attenuator.
Attach the cable connector to the generator front panel connector (
2
). The tight and
firm contact of the connectors is very important for normal operation of the
generator. Even small air gap between the connectors may result in arcing, destroy
the generator and/or the cable.
To obtain good and tight contact the following procedure is recommended:
1.
Align both connectors.
2.
Hold the generator by one hand to prevent moving and press the cable
connector by other hand toward the generator connector.
3.
Screw the cable connector nut by hand, usually one or two turns. Do not
rotate the cable connector body.
4.
Press the cable connector toward the generator connector again.
5.
Again screw the cable connector nut one or two turns.
6.
Repeat steps 4 and 5 up to tight contact.
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