Teledyne FALCON GC Operation And Maintenance Manual page 36

Maintenance & Troubleshooting
4. Select "Det1 H2 Pressure" from the dropdown menu. Then click
"Activate" to turn on the H
5. Adjust flow to 15mL/min with carrier gas flow included.
i. Connect a flow meter to the FID exhaust port. Click the
Activate button to turn on the FID H
flow is below 15mL/min, enter a new value in the text
box and click Set New Pressure. Continue this process
until a flow of 15mL/min is found*.
ii. Record this value.
* If the unit is hot the flow of the carrier gas must be subtracted
from the total. For example if the air and H
turned off and the flow through the flow meter is 2mL/min,
an H flow of 15mL/min will give a total flow of 17mL/min.
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flow.
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flow. If the total
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on the FID are
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