check the manual - maybe someone (long time ago) set up an auto defrost? Abu Dhabi Annie
On 29 March 2010 23:20, <mtitf...@aol.com> wrote: > > > We have a Leica CM 1850 cryostat that about once every three weeks to a > month, turnes itself off! Has anyone else experienced this? How do I fix it? > > Initially, we thought someone after hours was turning it off, maybe someone > in housekeeping or a passing med tech. That was not the case. > Later our Biomedical people replaced a capacitor or something in the bowels > of the cryostat thinking that may be faulty and contribute to the problem. > That did not help either. > Still later, the cryostat was put on its own circuit (No help), and then > after that, we tried an uninterruptible power source thinking minor power > fluctuations were the cause (no help either). > > Anyone know how to fix this problem?. It is disconcerting to walk into the > lab in the morning and the cryostat is at room temperature and the OR is > going to have a busy day. > > Michael Titford > Pathology USA > Mobile AL > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet > -- Anne van Binsbergen (Hope) Abu Dhabi UAE _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet