To Replace An Fid Jet - Agilent Technologies 8860 Maintaining

9 Maintaining the FID

To Replace an FID Jet

To Replace an FID Jet

1 Gather the following:
2 Launch the GC maintenance wizard: Maintenance > Detectors, select the detector, then
Be careful! The oven and/or detector may be hot enough to cause burns. If the detector is
hot, wear gloves to protect your hands.
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Wear safety glasses to protect your eyes from flying particles while handling, cutting, or
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installing glass or fused silica capillary columns. Use care in handling these columns to
prevent puncture wounds.
3 If installed, remove the capillary column from the detector.
Wear clean, lint-free gloves to prevent contamination of parts with dirt and skin oils.
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4 Remove the FID castle assembly and place it on a clean cloth.
5 Locate the jet inside the housing.
Maintaining Your GC
• Replacement jet
• T-20 Torx screwdriver
• 1/4-inch nut driver
• Tweezers
• Compressed, filtered, dry air or nitrogen
• Solvent that will clean the type of deposits in your detector
• Clean cloth
• Cotton swab
• Lint-free gloves
select Perform Maintenance > Replace FID Jet > Start Maintenance. The wizard will guide
you through the maintenance steps described below.
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