Jim Mackintosh
On 14 Mar 99, at 19:02, StvTindall@AOL.com wrote:
> Dear HP-Seqer's,
>
> While troubleshooting a problem on one of our G1005As, we found a
> manufacturing defect involving the exhaust line running from the waste bottle
> arm to the back panel of the sequencer: The drooping line had an oily liquid
> collected in the low spot and the exhaust gas was bubbling through the liquid.
> Shortening the line until it was just barely long enough to reach solved the
> problem.
>
> To see if the problem was just a local one, since one sequencer had the
> problem and the other didn't, two other labs were contacted. One lab
> currently had the problem and the other had corrected it several years ago.
> Obviously, if you are running an HP sequencer, then you should get out the
> flashlight and inspect the line.
>
> Surprisingly, the problem had little effect on the sequencer's
> performance, whereas the same problem on the old ABI's (and possibly the new
> ones) would be fatal. The robustness of the HP N-terminal method has always
> amazed me, but you rarely hear about it in this forum. As the old Timex watch
> commercials said, "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking".
>
> Steve
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> Stephen Tindall
> Argo BioAnalytica, Inc.
> Phone: 1-973-605-2100
> Fax: 1-973-605-2104
> StvTindall@aol.com
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