Turning On The Uv Lamp - Thermo Scientific Vanquish VH-D10 Operating Manual

6 • Operation
6.6

Turning On the UV Lamp

Prerequisites
Follow these steps
Turning on the Lamp Automatically
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The lamp house cover must be installed.
TIP If you remove the lamp house cover while the lamp is turned on, the
lamp is turned off automatically.
1. Press the UV button on the keypad of the detector.
- or –
In the chromatography data system, turn on the lamp on the ePanel
for the detector.
2. Allow the lamp and optics to warm up and stabilize for at least one
hour until the working temperature is reached before you start
analysis.
NOTICE
Turning on and off the lamp too often can reduce the lifetime of the
lamp.
• If you intend to use the detector again within 24 hours (for example,
the next day), do not turn off the lamp. Leave the lamp turned on
and close the shutter.
• If the detector is not used for a longer time (over 24 hours, for
example, over the weekend), turn off the lamp to save lamp life time
and energy.
TIP When the UV lamp was turned off, a cooling-off period of 5 minutes
is required before the lamp can ignite again.
To turn on the UV lamp automatically after power on, in the
chromatography data system, set AutoactivateUV_Lamp to On.
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