LS-1 Series Tungsten Halogen Light Sources
LS-1 Series Tungsten Halogen Light Sources
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Removing the R-LS-1 from a Rack
If you received your rack-mounted spectrometer system pre-assembled from Ocean Optics, the R-LS-1 should be
installed as the top item in the rack, with nothing above the blue anodized bulb housing. The R-LS-1 generates a
large amount of heat, and it should always be installed in this location to minimized thermal effects on the
spectrometers in the rack.
Sample Ocean Optics rack-mount system illustrating rack post assembly. In this illustration, the R-LS-450 is shown
instead of the R-LS-1.
If you disassemble the rack for any reason, you should always install or re-install the R-LS-1 in the top position in
the rack.
Follow the steps below to remove the R-LS-1 from a rack system:
1. Use a 3/16 nut driver or a small adjustable wrench to remove the four rack post nuts from the top
component of the rack system (see diagram above). Keep the four rack post nuts in a safe place.
2. Lift the component off the rack and set aside.
Note: If the R-LS-1 is the top component in the rack, there is no need to continue further. Otherwise,
continue to Step 3.
3. Unscrew the four rack posts to free the next component. Keep the four rack posts in a safe place.
4. Remove the component from the rack by gently pulling the component straight up until the two sets of
pins bottom of the component are freed from the pin sockets on the lower component.
Repeat Steps 3-4 until the R-LS-1 has been removed. When you are done working on the R-LS-1, reverse the
steps to re-assemble the rack, taking particular care to fully insert the pins into the pin sockets and tighten the
rack posts.
Rack posts
3/16” nuts
Pins
Pin socket
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