Ele 39-1300, Operating Instructions Manual

Page 1: ...nal a division of Hach Lange Ltd Distributor ELE International Soiltest Product Division PO Box 389 Loveland CO 80539 USA phone 1 800 323 1242 fax 1 970 663 9781 email soiltest eleusa com http www eleusa com In the interests of improving and updating its equipment ELE reserves the right to alter specifications to equipment at any time ELE International 2018 1 9907X0093 Issue 3 OPERATING INSTRUCTIO...

Page 2: ...ion 3 2 Installation 4 3 Temperature Setting Procedure 4 4 Humidity Control 7 5 Maintenance 7 APPENDIX A Digital Data Recorder Temperature Humidity 9 APPENDIX B Programming an Offset Parameter into a JUMO Dtron 316 temperature controller 18 APPENDIX C TLK38 OFFSET Instructions 19 WEEE Directive ...

Page 3: ...rature is accurately controlled by a Jumo dTRON 316 microprocessor temperature controller The controller uses the signal from a PT100 sensor located in the chamber to control the current supplied to the heaters The temperature can be easily adjusted See Section 3 for details 1 4 Over Under Temperature Safety Cut Out A TLK38 digital cut out protects the contents of your incubator by allowing you to...

Page 4: ...tent person must carry out any electrical work required to install the incubator Do not place the incubator in direct sunlight or near a heat source Make sure the incubator is not standing on its electrical supply cable Before the incubator is switched on for the first time it should stand still for 2 hours after final positioning to allow the refrigerant to settle Keep all ventilation grilles cle...

Page 5: ...hows when heat is being supplied The yellow 5 shows when cooling is being supplied 3 2 The incubator operating temperature or set point SP can be altered by simply pressing either the button to increase the temperature or the button to decrease the temperature When the required temperature has been entered release all buttons and the green display will blink once to confirm that a new target tempe...

Page 6: ...l remain on until a member of staff has acknowledged the alarm To reset the buzzer alarm press the reset button alongside the illuminated neon 3 6 Setting An Under Temperature Cut Out Value If for example you would like to operate your incubator at 20 0 C an under temperature cut out value needs to be programmed into the cut out We recommend that the cut out value is set to 2 degrees lower than yo...

Page 7: ...d up regularly and should fully cover the floor AND high humidity element at all times 4 1 High Humidity Option A high humidity level of approx 98 RH is maintained by placing distilled water in the base of the chamber and switching the HIGH HUMIDITY switch ON Do not use the HIGH HUMIDITY switch unless the floor of the chamber is fully covered with water It is essential that the heating element on ...

Page 8: ...ntial build up of ice in the air circulation duct will restrict the airflow and affect the incubators performance It is recommended that the service ports on the right of the incubator remain sealed with the threaded red bungs supplied to reduce the tendency for humidity in the air to condense out in the chamber ...

Page 9: ...l via a USB flash drive Recording of data to built in memory starts automatically after power on The recorder will hold approximately 1 years worth of data before data is overwritten Recorded data can be downloaded onto a USB flash drive for analysis as required The recorder does not need a USB flash drive inserted to record data It only needs one for downloading recorded data In the event of a po...

Page 10: ...ty Cabinet 39 1300 39 1601 10 9907X0093 Issue 3 Normal operating screen C Normal operating screen RH The screen changes automatically between temperature and humidity every few seconds during normal operation ...

Page 11: ...erature and humidity every few seconds Large numbers in the top right corner of the screen show the actual temperature or actual humidity so it can be verified easily The graph updates itself every few seconds and draws a history line Historic data from this time line can be viewed from the main menu HUMIDITY TRACE ACTUAL TEMPERATURE TEMPERATURE TRACE R RECORDING CURRENT TIME DATE NOTIFICATION ARE...

Page 12: ...control panel perform these functions STATUS BAR MENU ENTER SELECT DOWN SCROLL BACK UP SCROLL FORWARD 2 4 Screen Icons The lower part of the screen contains the status bar which shows the current date time The following icons may also be visible A flashing yellow warning triangle means there is no USB flash drive connected A white envelope is a system message used by engineers only A green and bla...

Page 13: ...affecting the recording process To view historical graph data 1 Press the button The following screen will appear 2 Press the button and select History 3 Press the button and a grey background graph screen will be visible This is historic graph data that has been recorded for temperature and humidity 4 Press the button to scroll BACK in time ...

Page 14: ...d viewing the historic graph data press the button The following screen will appear 8 Press the button and change No to Yes with the or button 9 Press the button The following screen will appear 10 Select Home 11 Press the button to exit the Menu The normal operation screen white background will be displayed The screen changes automatically between temperature and humidity every few seconds ...

Page 15: ...B flash drive is required A removable screw cap prevents dirt dust moisture from entering the USB socket when not in use Remove the screw cap by turning the cap anti clockwise to expose the USB socket Unscrew cap Cap removed Inserting a USB flash drive Replace the screw cap when you have finished downloading 2 7 USB Flash Drive Compatibility The recorder will accept any brand of USB flash drive up...

Page 16: ... the USB flash drive is next inserted back into the recorder it will synchronise and update the existing data on that USB flash drive with any new recorded data which has been captured since the last download No data acquisition software required for data analysis When the recorded data is needed for analysis on a computer follow this procedure Insert a USB flash drive into the USB socket max capa...

Page 17: ...ored on the USB flash drive The normal data storage location will be on the flash drive in a folder called history There may be other sub folders within the history folder The recorded data will be stored in csv format in a sub folder called CSV An example is shown below Open the csv data in Microsoft Excel and display the data in a graph of your own choice ...

Page 18: ...t the offset value press the PGM button OFFS flashes then use the _ button to increase the OFFS value or the _ button to decrease the OFFS value If for example the temperature display was originally reading 2 0 too high you need to put a negative offset value in of 2 0 If the temperature display was originally reading 1 0 too low you need to put a positive offset value in of 1 0 8 When the desired...

Page 19: ...Humidity Cabinet 39 1300 39 1601 19 9907X0093 Issue 3 APPENDIX C TLK38 OFFSET Instructions ...

Page 20: ...Humidity Cabinet 39 1300 39 1601 20 9907X0093 Issue 3 DIRECTIVE ON WASTE ELECTRICAL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT WEEE ...

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