If the repair is not covered by the warranty, you will be notified of TROUBLESHOOTING ................11 the charges incurred. If the instrument is to be returned to Hanna Instruments, first obtain a Returned Goods Authorization number from the Customer Service department and then send it with shipping costs prepaid.
GENERAL USE / OPERATING PRINCIPLES FUNCTIONAL DESCRIPTION The HI 83900 suction lysimeter is built with a porous ceramic cap connected to a transparent tube for soil solution extraction. A rubber capillary is inserted in the tube passing through a rubber cap and reaching the ceramic tip. The lysimeter is an ideal tool for collecting soil solution samples and then perform quantitative chemical analysis.
OPERATIONAL GUIDE NSTALLATION Location Assemble the unit by inserting the rubber capillary in the • The selected location/plant for installing the lysimeter should be representative of the en- sampler tube and closing with the rubber cap. Check that tire field. the rubber capillary is into the ceramic tip, then remove the plastic bag from the ceramic part and follow the activation •...
SUGGESTIONS FOR SAMPLE ANALYSIS AMPLE XTRACTION Warning! Never operate the lysimeter in the following conditions: HANNA instruments ® offers a wide variety of instrumentation, chemical test kits and reagents (ask your dealer for details) to analyze soil solution samples. • immediately after irrigation, otherwise the extracted solution will be the irrigation water and not the soil solution.
MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE TROUBLESHOOTING The lysimeter should remain installed for all the crop season, and the ceramic cap If the lysimeter is unable to extract soil solution, first check that: must be sterilized against fungi and algae at least every two months, without remov- •...