5 | Installation
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Operation Manual Rotavapor® R-300
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Remove glass stopcock.
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Fit the tapered holder (2) over the upper end of the foam sensor (1).
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Slide the clamp nut (3) onto the opening for the glass stopcock.
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Feed the foam sensor into the opening for the glass stopcock and through the va-
por duct into the evaporating flask (6) of the Rotavapor R-300 and fix in place with
the clamp nut (3). The tip of the foam sensor should be positioned approx. 4 to 5
cm below the ground neck of the evaporating flask.
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Align foam sensor centrally and fix in place with the clamp screw (4).
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Connect the communication cable from the foam sensor to the VacuBox. Plug the
connector into the socket marked "FS".
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Connecting vacuum and coolant tubing
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2
3
4
Fig. 15: Vacuum and coolant tubing connections on the cooling condenser of the R-300
1
Cooling condenser inlet
3
Cooling condenser outlet
2
Connection for vapor temperature
sensor
4
Vacuum connection
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Connect coolant tubes to the two coolant connections (1) and (3) using GL14 cap
nuts.
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Connect the vacuum tubing to the vacuum connection (4) using a GL14 cap nut.
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Option 1: connect the vapor temperature sensor to connection (2) using a GL14
cap nut.
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Option 2: connect the vapor temperature sensor of the AutoDest sensor to con-
nection (2) using a GL14 cap nut. See Chapter 5.10 "Fitting AutoDest sensor and
vapor temperature sensor (optional accessory)", page 31.
