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Introduction to the Agilent 7100 Capillary Electrophoresis System

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5 Using <strong>the</strong> <strong>Agilent</strong> <strong>7100</strong> <strong>Capillary</strong> <strong>Electrophoresis</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />

<strong>Capillary</strong> <strong>Electrophoresis</strong>, CE<br />

Switching <strong>the</strong> Lamp On<br />

The lamp can be switched on au<strong>to</strong>matically as part of initialization (see “DAD<br />

Control” on page 180).<br />

To switch <strong>the</strong> lamp on or off manually:<br />

1 In <strong>the</strong> DAD diagram click <strong>the</strong> lamp icon. A menu will offer <strong>the</strong> option <strong>to</strong><br />

switch <strong>the</strong> lamp on or off depending of <strong>the</strong> current status. Please see<br />

Figure 23 for <strong>the</strong> different lamps statuses in <strong>the</strong> DAD diagram.<br />

Off Ignition On<br />

Figure 23<br />

UV lamp status Off, Ignition, On<br />

2 To ignite <strong>the</strong> lamp from <strong>the</strong> menu go <strong>to</strong> Instrument > More DAD > UV Lamp and<br />

select Switch Lamp On or Switch Lamp Off. Please see Figure 23 for <strong>the</strong><br />

different lamps statuses in <strong>the</strong> DAD diagram.<br />

3 Prior <strong>to</strong> a run, allow <strong>the</strong> lamp <strong>to</strong> warm up for about 1 hour.<br />

If <strong>the</strong> warm up time of <strong>the</strong> lamp is <strong>to</strong>o short, a baseline drift in <strong>the</strong><br />

electropherogram may occur.<br />

110 <strong>Agilent</strong> <strong>7100</strong> <strong>Capillary</strong> <strong>Electrophoresis</strong> <strong>System</strong> User Manual

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