Install The Checkout Column - Agilent Technologies 8860 Installation And First Startup

1 Installing the GC
Step 17 Install the checkout column
A capillary column was shipped with the GC to be used to confirm proper operation. Agilent
suggests that it be used only for that purpose.
Before use, the column must be conditioned to remove any contaminants.
1 Locate the installation instructions for the column, inlet, and detector you will use. Refer to
2 Install the column in the inlet.
3 Connect the free end of the column to the detector, as described in Maintaining Your GC.
4 Turn on the carrier gas.
5 If using a split/splitless inlet, perform an Inlet Leak Check. Select Diagnostics > Diagnostic
6 Set the oven temperature and inlet flow conditions specified for conditioning the column.
7 Turn the detector gases on. Light the flame, if appropriate.
8 Heat the detector to the temperature given in the bakeout instructions, and hold at
Installation and First Startup
the Maintaining Your GC manual. See to the sections on your specific inlet and detector
types:
Test, select Inlet #, then select Leak & Restriction Test. Press Start Test to begin the check.
If the check fails, tighten connections.
Select Method to access current GC temperatures and flows.
• Set the oven temperature to 20 °C higher than the highest checkout method
temperature (do not exceed the column maximum temperature). For example, for FID
checkout set the oven temperature to 210 °C.
• Set the detector temperature to 20 °C higher than the checkout method temperature.
For example, for FID checkout set the detector temperature to 320 °C.
temperature for the time given in the instructions.
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