Measuring A Short Sample Or A Sample With A Bubble - Siemens RAPIDLAB 248 Operator's Manual

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Measuring a Short Sample or a Sample with a Bubble

The 248 detects short samples or bubbles in samples and gives you 2
options:
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•
The 248 beeps and displays:
This message is displayed for 1 minute. If no action is taken the 248 flushes
the sample out of the measurement block.
Continuing with the Sample Analysis
1. If you want to measure the sample lift the front cover and look at the
2. Turn the sample pump rotor (the sample pump is the lefthand pump)
Figure 2-2. Repositioning Samples
CAUTION:
sensor may contaminate the other sensors.
reposition the sample so there are no air bubbles under the sensors and
then continue with the analysis, or
flush the sample out of the measurement block ready to repeat the
analysis.
Short sample
Reposition sample then
press * to cancel
Bubble in sample
Reposition sample then
press * to cancel
measurement block.
in the direction indicated, so that the sample is repositioned directly
beneath the sensors for which results are required.
Do not move samples backwards as KCl from the reference
#
press to measure
OR
#
press to measure
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