
Chapter Five: Maintenance
General Information
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Chapter Five: Maintenance
General Information
Periodically check for wear on the cables and inspect the enclosure for visible signs of damage.
Should any difficulties be encountered in the use of your instrument, refer to Customer Support,
page 18, for instructions on how to return the product to MKS.
Should it become necessary to attempt repair in the field, the first step is to isolate the source of the
problem to the pressure gauge or the PDR. Any repair made to the pressure gauge will usually
require a recalibration. The PDR-C-1C/2C may be repaired without recalibration as long as none of
the calibration adjustments have been tampered with.
Fault Isolation
The first step in troubleshooting is to isolate the problem to one of the sections of the PDR. Once
this is done the problem can usually be easily located and corrected. The PDR-C-1C/2C can be
broken down into the following sections:
•
Power Supply
•
Pressure Signal Amplification and Readout
•
Set Point Circuits
•
Channel Selection Circuits (PDR-C-2C only)
Since a problem in the power supply will effect the performance of all sections, it is important to begin fault
isolation at this point.
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