6.4.1 Control of Temperature Measurement
Note: There must not be any cups in the extraction unit during
these tests.
1.
Remove the lower front panel by loosening the three nuts, reached from under-
neath the instrument.
2.
Insert a reference thermometer with diameter 5 mm, in the hole in front of the
hot plate.
3.
Set over-temperature to 330 °C.
4.
Select an unused program and set the temperature to 120 °C.
Press E to heat the hot plate and wait until 120 °C is reached and the tempera-
5.
ture has stabilized.
6.
Read the temperature from the reference thermometer. The temperature shall be
within 115 °C to 125 °C. If not, contact FOSS Analytical AB Service Depart-
ment.
7.
Set the temperature to 185 °C.
8.
Wait until 185 °C is reached and the temperature has stabilized.
9.
Read the temperature from the reference thermometer. The temperature shall be
within 180 °C to 190 °C. If not, contact Foss Analytical Service Department.
10. Set the temperature to 285 °C.
11. Wait until 285 °C is reached and the temperature has stabilized.
12. Read the temperature from the reference thermometer. The temperature shall be
within 280 °C to 290 °C. If not, contact FOSS Analytical AB Service Depart-
ment.
6.4.2 Control of Over-temperature 145
Note: There must not be any cups in the extraction unit during
these tests.
1.
Turn the system off.
Press the E key while turning the power on. The system will now beep intermit-
2.
tently as a warning that you are in the overtemperature test mode.
Set the overtemperature (OT) to 145 degrees and lock the setting with the 5
3.
key.
4.
Select a program with a temperature setting lower than the selected OT.
Press the E key to start heating the hot plate. The hot plate will now be heated
5.
with full effect until it reaches the selected over-temperature. The power cuts
when it reaches 120 degrees.
6.
The LED for the selected OT should start to blink when the power cuts.
7.
If the temperature exceeds 145 degrees, immediately contact Foss Analytical
Service Department and do not use the instrument under any circumstances!
6.4.3 Resetting the Over-temperature Protection
See section 5.4.9 Resetting the Over-temperature Protection on page 5:12.
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