Waters ACQUITY UPLC Overview And Maintenance Manual page 37

Required tools and materials
• Chemical-resistant, powder-free gloves
• 30-mL syringe (startup kit)
• Seal wash solution
• Short length of tubing
• Tubing adapter (startup kit)
To prime a dry solvent manager using a syringe:
1. Open the solvent manager's door.
2. Locate the solvent vent tubing from the center port on the vent valve, and follow the tubing
down to the drip tray.
Figure 2–10: Solvent vent tubing and retainer
Solvent vent tubing
Solvent vent tubing retainer
3. Turn the retainer holding the solvent vent tubing, and retract the tubing, lifting it away from
the drip tray.
4. Push the syringe plunger fully into the syringe barrel.
5. Connect the tubing adapter to the syringe.
6. Connect the syringe assembly to a short length of tubing, and then connect the short
length of tubing to the solvent vent tubing that you lifted from the drip tray, in step 3.
7. In the console, select the solvent manager, and then click Control > Prime solvents.
8. In the Prime Solvents dialog box, select a line for priming.
9. In the Time box, specify the number of minutes for priming, from 0.1 through 60.0.
Recommendation:
tubing (typically 3 minutes).
Prime the solvent manager until a steady flow exits the solvent vent
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