Deuterium Lamp Exchange; Halogen)-Tungsten Lamp Exchange - CAMAG TLC SCANNER 4 Instruction Manual

will occasionally not ignite properly and the electronic amplification
setting of the Scanner 4 will increase.
• Pull the cable connector of the Mercury lamp.
• Loosen the two Allen screws in the lamp socket.
• Turn the lamp about 15 degrees to release it from the lamp
support fitting.
• Remove the old Mercury lamp and insert the new one.
• Turn the lamp into the lamp support fitting so that the window
is parallel with the entrance optics.
• Tighten the two screws in the socket with the lamp in this po-
sition.
• Plug the cable connector of the new lamp into the connection
and mount the light cover.
• Switch ON the instrument and start the USER DIALOG (see
chapter 6.3). Select the function NEW HG LAMP and confirm by
pressing the LOAD POS key. The following will now happen
automatically:
The position of the lamp will be optimized in the ray path.
The emitted light energy of the new lamp will be measured and
saved for use in the respective procedure of CAMAG software.

5.3 Deuterium lamp exchange

The Deuterium lamp (cat. no. 027.6441) - Fig.8 (3), has a life time
of about 1000 hours. Towards the end of the life time the lamp will
occasionally not ignite properly and the electronic amplification set-
ting of the Scanner 4 will increase (see chapter 6.4).
• To exchange Deuterium lamp proceed as outlined in the de-
scription of the Mercury lamp (see chapter 5.2).

5.4 (Halogen)-Tungsten lamp exchange

The Tungsten lamp (cat. no. 027.6442) - Fig.8 (2), has a life time of
over 2000 hours. It burns out suddenly.
• Remove the lamp by pulling it upwards out of the holder.
• Inset the new lamp carefully in the opposite manner.
• Proceed as outlined in the description of the Tungsten lamp (see
chapter 6.5).
Instruction Manual, June 2018
TLC Scanner 4
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