Cleaning The Trays - Agilent Technologies 3100 OFFGEL Fractionator User Manual

1 Rinse the complete electrodes with hand-warm tap water. Do not exceed a
2 Use a mild detergent such as dishwashing detergent or a 10% SDS solution
3 Carefully rinse the electrodes with hand-warm tap water to remove the
4 Carefully rinse the electrodes with distilled water to remove remaining
5 Thoroughly air dry the electrodes prior to use to avoid any electrical short
Do not use heat such as a hair dryer to dry the electrodes since the plastic parts of the
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electrodes may be deformed.
Do not use a dishwasher to clean the electrodes since the plastic parts of the
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electrodes may be deformed or corrosion due to alkaline conditions might occure.
Additional electrodes are also available as spare parts see
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Cleaning the Trays

Trays have to be cleaned before every use to avoid cross-contamination of
protein or peptides from one sample to the other. This is especially necessary
when the instrument is used in the IPG IEF mode (in-gel mode).
1 Rinse the complete tray with hand-warm tap water. Do not exceed a water
2 Use a mild detergent or 10% SDS solution and a brush to clean the tray.
3 Carefully rinse the tray with hand-warm tap water to remove the detergent.
4 Carefully rinse the tray with distilled water to remove remaining salts.
5 Thoroughly air dry the tray or dry well with a lint-free tissue prior to use.
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water temperature of 50°C.
and a brush to clean the electrodes.
detergent.
salts.
circuit.
temperature of 50°C.
Cleaning the Agilent 3100 OFFGEL Fractionator
Table 15
Maintenance 6
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