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1.4 Maintenance
To ensure the quality of
gel staining, we
recommend regular
maintenance of the
instrument
Component Maintenance description
Gel Holder
Channel and pipeline
Notices
1. Per 50 times use, immerse the gel holder in 75% alcohol (or
per 900 ml 75% ethanol and 100 ml concentrated cleaning
solution) for 4 hours. After that rinse the gel holder with
distilled water and dry. User can also immerse the gel holder
in 75% ethanol
after each use and rinse with distilled water
before the next use.
2. If there are brown spots on the fabric, immerse the gel holder
in 1 M NaOH for 6-12 hours and then clean with a soft brush.
After that, continue with process 1.
Per 100 gels use, it is recommended to clean the channel and
pipeline with the following procedures:
1. Press the UP and SETTING keys at the same time until the
unit beeps. The Instrument will begin to empty the pipeline.
2. Prepare 2 L cleaning solution (instructed below). *
3. Set program. Method 4 is set as a cleaning program (user
can also customize a program by setting the staining cycles
to 4, each cycles times to 5 min, and equilibrium cycle and
destain cycle to 0).
4. Insert the staining solution inlet pipe into the cleaning
solution.
5. Run the cleaning program at Channel A and Channel B.
6. After the end of cleaning program, press the UP and
SETTING at the same time until the instrument beeps. Then
instrument will begin to empty the pipeline.
7. Connect the staining solution inlet pipe back to staining
solution container and set the program to the one that is
normally used. Now the channel and pipeline cleaning is
finished.
If the instrument will be left unused over a week,
Please run the emptying program 2 times before disconnecting
the power supply. (as described in the Channel and pipline
cleaning section above). Change the covers of the staining
solution and destaining solution to sealed screw caps to
prevent the solutions from evaporating.
Relocate the instrument:
Please ensure that the pipelines are empty before moving or
relocating the instrument. Ensure that the instrument remains
level during the moving process to prevent leakage of the
solutions
