
Cadmium Electrode
Instruction Manual
18
TROUBLESHOOTING HINTS
Symptom
Possible Causes
Next Step
Out of Range
defective meter
check meter with
Reading
shorting strap
(see meter instruction manual)
defective electrode
check electrode operation
electrodes not
unplug electrodes
plugged in properly
and reset
reference electrode
be sure reference
not filled
electrode is filled
air bubble on
remove bubble by
membrane
redipping electrode
electrodes not
put electrodes
in solution
in solution
Noisy or Unstable
defective meter
check meter with
Readings (readings
shorting strap
continuously or
rapidly changing)
air bubble on
remove bubble by
membrane
re-dipping electrode
electrode exposed
soak electrode in
to interferences
cadmium standard
defective electrode
replace electrode
ISA not used
use recommended ISA
meter or stirrer
ground meter or
not grounded
stirrer
Drift (reading
samples and standards
allow solutions to come
slowly changing
at different
to room temperature
in one direction)
temperatures
before measurement
electrode exposed
check section
to complexing agents
entitled
Precipitation
and Complexation