You can remove the probe adaptor with or without the probe assembly installed. To remove the
probe assembly, see
Removing the existing probe assembly
.
Required materials
Chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves
To remove the ESI probe adaptor:
Warning:
To avoid personal contamination with biohazards or compounds that are toxic, wear
clean, chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves when performing this procedure.
Warning:
To avoid harmless, static-like electric shock, ensure the mass spectrometer
is in Standby mode before you touch any of its external surfaces that are marked with
this high voltage warning symbol.
Warning:
To avoid burn injuries, take great care while working with the probe and
source; these components can be hot.
1.
Prepare the instrument for working on the source (see
Preparing the instrument for working
).
Warning:
To avoid electric shock or solvent ignition, when connecting ESI or
UPC
2
source probes directly to non-Waters equipment, ensure that the liquid
outlet connection is grounded.
2.
If the probe assembly is fitted, open the access door to the IntelliStart Fluidics system (see
Waters ACQUITY Xevo TQ-XS UPLC/MS system
), and disconnect the fluidics tubing from
the diverter valve.
3.
For ESI probes, disconnect the probe adaptor cable from the high voltage connector.
4.
Unscrew the probe adaptor locking ring.
Warning:
To avoid puncture wounds, handle sharp parts and materials with
care.
5.
Carefully remove the probe adaptor from the probe adjustor assembly.
6.
For ESI probe adaptors, if available, fit the protective cap to the probe tip.
3.2.8 Installing and removing the corona pin
For APCI, ESCi, and dual-mode APPI/APCI operation, you must fit a corona pin to the source.
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