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Weathering
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Ci3000 +
Ci3000 +
Ci4000
Ci4000
Ci5000
Ci5000
Weather-Ometer
Weather-Ometer
Instrument
Service Guide
Doc. No. 07-7030-00
Revision 0
November 10, 1999
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  • Page 1 Weathering Instrumentation Products Ci3000 + Ci3000 + Ci4000 Ci4000 Ci5000 Ci5000 ® Weather-Ometer ® Weather-Ometer Instrument Service Guide Doc. No. 07-7030-00 Revision 0 November 10, 1999...
  • Page 2 Table Of Contents INTRODUCTION WARNINGS AND PRECAUTIONS REQUIRED TOOLS AND NIST TRACEABILITY Required Tools NIST Traceability DATA PANEL SERVICE AND SETUP PAGES Accessing the Service Pages Service Page Functions 4.2.1 PID Loop Parameters – Page 91 4.2.2 Manual Calibration – Page 92 4.2.3 Manual Checkout: Discretes –...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Table Of Contents List of Figures Figure 5.1–1 Booster Transformer T1 Figure 5.1–2 Main Reactor L1 Figure 5.1–3 Auxiliary Reactor L2 Figure 5.1–4 Isolation Transformer T2 Figure 5.1–5 Chamber Safety Thermostat S4 Figure 5.1–6 Ci3000 + Power Component Configuration Guide Figure 5.1–7 Ci4000 Power Component Configuration Guide Figure 5.1–8 Ci5000 Power Component Configuration Guide Figure 5.2–1 Ci3000 + Xenon Lamp Circuit...

  • Page 4: Figure 5.1-7 Ci4000 Power Component Configuration Guide

    Table Of Contents List of Figures (cont.) Figure 8.3–6 CS-6 Circulator Pump and Motor Figure 8.3–7 Circulator Pump/Motor Coupling Figure 8.3–8 CS-6 Pump/Motor Details Figure 8.3–9 Ci3000 + and Ci4000 Rack Motors Figure 8.3–10 Ci5000 Rack Motor & Controller Figure 8.3–11 Rack Drive Gear Alignment Figure 8.3–12 Ci4000 Rack Motor Wiring Diagram Figure 8.4–1 Rack &...

  • Page 5: Figure 5.1-8 Ci5000 Power Component Configuration Guide

    If you have questions or encounter problems that Air valve (Damper) are not addressed in this manual, please contact Rack Speed Control Atlas Service at (773) 327-4520, or send a fax to Resistivity Monitor (773) 327-5787, Chicago, Illinois U.S.A. Lamp & Rack Alignment Ci3000 + / Ci4000 / Ci5000 Weather-Ometer Service Guide Doc.
  • Page 6 5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Lamp malfunctions can result from numerous 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance causes. Ignition of the lamp can be prevented by Control Malfunctions a damaged or disconnected lamp, a CS-6 malfunction, such as low or lost water flow, or by 5.2.1 Description the malfunction of a lamp circuit component.

  • Page 7: Figure 5.2-1 Ci3000 + Xenon Lamp Circuit

    Ci3000 + K1-4 C1-2 CB2-1 CB2-2 XENON XENON IGNITION WATTAGE WATTAGE IGNITOR CIRCUIT LAMP CIRCUIT TRANS- TRANS- IGNITION BREAKER BREAKER RELAY DUCER DUCER PULSE RELAY RELAY XENON RELAY LAMP APC1 C1-2 A1-2 PLC5-10 32 31 A1-4 FUSE IGNITION INTERNAL BLEEDER .062A CAPACITOR RESISTOR...

  • Page 8: Figure 5.2-2 Ci4000 Xenon Lamp Circuit

    Ci4000 CB2-2 XENON XENON IGNITION WATTAGE WATTAGE CIRCUIT LAMP CIRCUIT TRANS- TRANS- BREAKER RELAY BREAKER DUCER DUCER RELAY IGNITOR RELAY C1-2 IGNITION BOOSTER PULSE TRANSFORMER APC1 RELAY BLEEDER A1-2 PLC5-10 IGNITION RESISTOR A1-4 FUSE CAPACITOR 56K OHM INTERNAL XENON .062A 250V C1-1 PLC5...

  • Page 9: Figure 5.2-3 Ci5000 Xenon Lamp Circuit

    Ci5000 K1-4 CB2-1 CB2-2 XENON IGNITION XENON WATTAGE LAMP CIRCUIT CIRCUIT IGNITOR WATTAGE TRANS- BREAKER IGNITION BREAKER RELAY TRANS- DUCER PULSE WATTAGE DUCER RELAY RELAY TRANS- XENON RELAY DUCER LAMP TP 1 BOOSTER APC1 PLC5-10 TRANSFORMER A1-4 PLC5 FUSE STEP DOWN ANALOG INPUT 63 mA IGNITOR...

  • Page 10: Figure 5.2-4 Xenon Lamp Assembly Guide

    Burner Tip Must Not Be Visible Beside Socket Burner Lamp Electrode Socket Correct Incorrect End View of Lamp Inner Union Ring Filter Union Ring Lower Burner Washer Filter Socket Housing Union Ring Union Ring Union Ring Union Ring Spring Alignment Outer Outer Filter...
  • Page 11 5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance Control Malfunctions (cont.) 5.2.2 Troubleshooting Guide MALFUNCTION PROBABLE CAUSE CORRECTIVE ACTION Lamp fails to ignite Chamber door open or switch failure Close door or check switch. Xenon lamp/ignition breakers off Turn on circuit-breakers. Lamp assembled/installed incorrectly Check lamp.
  • Page 12 5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance Control Malfunctions (cont.) 5.2.3 Troubleshooting Flow Chart - Lamp Ignition Failure 1) Confirm Xenon and Ignition circuit-breakers are on. 2) Check lamp for age, “Lamp Water Temperature High” damage, proper installa- “Lamp Water Flow is Low” tion and ignitor lead con- Check CS-6 cooling system nections.
  • Page 13 5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance Control Malfunctions (cont.) 5.2.4 Troubleshooting Flow Chart - Irradiance High or Low 1) Perform Wattage Cali- bration and Irradiance Calibration procedures. 2) Initiate standard test no. 1. 3) Confirm light monitor output at PLC5-11 & -13 Check light monitor filters No output (or at PLC5-12 &...
  • Page 14 5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance Control Malfunctions (cont.) 5.2.5 Troubleshooting Flow Chart - 2-Sun Irradiance Considerations (Ci5000 only) 1) Create and initiate a custom 2-Sun test. Relay K14 or A14 rack 2) Check for rack speed Rack at speed controller is of 10 RPM.

  • Page 15: Figure 5.2-5 Ci3000 + Xenon Lamp Ignitor

    5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 2) Confirm that the Xenon Lamp and Ignition 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance circuit-breakers are turned on. Control Malfunctions (cont.) 3) Check for messages on the Data Panel MAIN 5.2.6 Troubleshooting Procedure – page 1 Messages display. Lamp Ignition Failure (Ignitor) A) Check the CS-6 lamp cooling system (Sec.
  • Page 16 5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES Ci3/4000 - Terminals K3-5 and K3-6 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance Ci5000 - Terminals K3-6 and K3-7 Control Malfunctions (cont.) A) If there is continuity across the K3 contacts 5.2.6 Troubleshooting Procedure – during the ignition pulse, then there is a Lamp Ignition Failure (Ignitor) (cont.) problem with the line voltage supply to the relay.

  • Page 17: Figure 5.2-9 Xenon Lamp Wattage Regulator

    5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES terminals PLC5-11 and PLC5-13 (or at terminals 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance PLC5-12 and PLC5-14 if the optional sensor is Control Malfunctions (cont.) installed and is controlling irradiance). 5.2.7 Troubleshooting Procedure – Irradiance A) If no voltage is present, there is a problem Low or High (Wattage Regulator) (cont.) with the light sensor wiring, interference filter or the photocell.

  • Page 18: Figure 5.2-11 Wattage Regulator Output Led

    5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES with the PLC Analog Output PLC6 module. 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance (This will be checked in a later step.) Control Malfunctions (cont.) 9) Stop the wattage test and alter it to the mid- 5.2.7 Troubleshooting Procedure – Irradiance range operating wattage level shown below.

  • Page 19: Figure 5.2-12 One And Two Sun Circuit Block Diagram

    5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 1) Program a custom, 2-sun irradiance test with 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance the parameters shown below. Control Malfunctions (cont.) Test List (Data Panel page 6) 5.2.8 Troubleshooting Procedure – 2-Sun Select an unused Custom test. Press F6, the test Irradiance Considerations number and Enter three times.
  • Page 20 5.0 TROUBLESHOOTING PROCEDURES 5.2 Xenon Lamp and Irradiance Control Malfunctions (cont.) 5.2.8 Troubleshooting Procedure – 2-Sun Irradiance Considerations (cont.) In 2-Sun mode, PLC3 de-energizes (closes) the 2-Sun relay K4. It also energizes relay K14 causing the 1-Sun relay relay K15 to open. K14 also causes closure of contacts A14-S2 and A14-S3 of the A14 rack speed control board to provide 10 RPM rack rotation (see Fig.

  • Page 21: Figure 5.3-1 Humidification System Plumbing Diagram

    8.0 REPAIR & REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES Light Rod 8.2 Sensor Replacement (cont.) Optional Channel 2 Connector Interference Filter (300-400nm shown) 8.2.7 Light Monitor Photodiodes Capsule Channel 2 O-Ring Capsule & Cover Photodiode The LS-8 Light Monitor, used on the Ci5000, Enhanced Ci4000and Ci3000 + , includes one or two capsules that contain an interference filter and a photodiode.
  • Page 22 8.0 REPAIR & REPLACEMENT PROCEDURES 8.2.8 Chamber Overtemperature Thermostat 8.2 Sensor Replacement (cont.) This thermostat is accessed from inside the 8.2.7 Light Monitor Photodiodes (cont.) electronics drawer (but may be easier to replace by removing the right-side access panel). Sensor Housing Reset Interference...
  • Page 23 Error Message 18. See also Sensors: Temperature: Lamp/Rack/Light Rod 168 Error Message APC1 Filter PC Board 51 Sensor Check 141 Atlas Fax Number 11 Temp. Sensor Locations 142 Auxiliary Reactor L2 21 Transmitter Location 141 Transmitter Terminals 141 Chart Recorder 109...
  • Page 24 INDEX Safety Thermostat 23 Photo of 25 Tools Required 13 Transformer, Reactor Config. 20 Configuration Guides 26 Transformer T1 21 Water Control Relay Q1 50 Water Resistivity Monitor 104 Calibration 156 Malfunction Troubleshooting 104 Sensor Cleaning 108 Water Spray Systems 99 Electrical Diagrams 103 Malfunction Troubleshooting 99 Plumbing (Ci3+) 100...

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