Warning:
To avoid burn injuries, take great care while working with the probe and
source; these components can be hot.
1. For ESI probes, disconnect the probe adapter cable from the high voltage connector.
2. Unscrew the probe adapter locking ring.
Warning:
To avoid puncture wounds, handle sharp parts and materials with
care.
3. Carefully remove the probe adapter from the probe adjustor assembly.
4. For ESI probe adapters, if available, fit the protective cap to the probe tip.
3.1.10 Installing and removing the corona pin
For APCI, ESCi, and dual-mode APPI/APCI operation, you must fit a corona pin to the source.
3.1.10.1 Installing the corona pin in the source
Required materials
Chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves
To install the corona pin in the source:
Warning:
To avoid personal contamination with biologically hazardous, toxic, and corrosive
materials, wear chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves when performing this procedure.
Warning:
To avoid harmless, static-like electric shock, ensure that the mass
spectrometer is in Standby mode before you touch any of its external surfaces that are
marked with this high-voltage warning symbol.
1. Prepare the instrument for working on the source (see
Preparing the instrument for working
).
Warning:
To avoid burn injuries, take great care while working with the source
enclosure open.
Warning:
To avoid puncture wounds, handle sharp parts and materials with
care.
2. Pull the source enclosure release (located at the bottom, right-hand side) outward, and
then swing open the enclosure.
3. Remove the blanking plug from the corona pin mounting contact.
Tip:
Store the blanking plug in a safe location.
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