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Thermo Fisher Scientific
User Guide STP420D/STP420ES
1. Remove the reagent bottle by applying pressure on the bottle holder
located on the front of the bottle (A) and simultaneously pulling the
front of the bottle (B):
2. Fill the bottles with the appropriate reagents, according to your
required reagent bottle designation (see Section 2-6 Adjusting
Reagents and Reagent Lists).
The reagent bottles are marked with two filling lines: The lower line
corresponds to 3.8 liters (1 US gallon), the upper one to 5 liters (1.32
US gallons).
If you intend operating with one chamber only, you need only fill the
bottles to the lower line.
If you intend operating with two chambers simultaneously, you
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the bottles to the upper line.
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Make sure you keep to the prescribed filling levels, when filling bottles
with fresh reagent.
3. Use the metal tags provided, or label the bottle clip with the name
of the reagent, and insert the filled bottle into its correct location.
Make sure you hear the ‘click’ that confirms it is correctly placed.
Note!
Automatic filling: Once the STP420 is turned on, you can fill the reagent
bottles automatically (see
Section 3-6-3 Automatically replacing reagents
).
Note!
Reagents are held in bottles with quick-connect terminals to prevent any
spillage.
2-4-2 Filling the reagent
bottles manually
Setting up the StP420
Preparing the STP420 and Turning It on
Figure 13.
Moving the reagent bottles.
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