Posts Tagged ‘maintenance’

Get your LI-6400/XT Ready for Field Season

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

With field season fast approaching it’s important to refresh your memory on how to prepare your instrument. Dust off your LI-6400/XT and watch our ‘Preparing your LI-6400/XT for Field Season’ webinar that discusses how to prepare stored instruments for measurements and how to conduct important pre-season hardware checks. Click here to watch the webinar.

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Innovative Solutions Provide High Quality Open Path Methane Measurements

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

The LI-7700 is the only open path instrument suitable for field measurements of CH4 Eddy Covariance. Open path instruments offer several advantages, including in situ measurement of signal without any alteration, minimized signal attenuation, and low power consumption. The exposed optical path, however, has its own set of challenges, including signal decay as a result…

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LI-8100 Long-Term Chambers Suggested End-of-Season Maintenance

Friday, September 5th, 2008

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Before beginning a new field season, some routine LI-8100 chamber maintenance should be performed by the user. A few simple procedures can be used to inspect and clean the chamber, and replace any damaged components. Most materials needed for replacement are included in the Spare Parts Kit that was shipped with the chamber. Spare parts…

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LI-6400 CO2 Injector Maintenance

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

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One of the most frequent maintenance issues encountered at LI-COR is clogging of the 6400-01 CO2 Injector filters due to oil present in the CO2 cartridges. There are a number of brands of CO2 cartridges; some have more oil present than others. When using cartridges supplied by LI-COR, we recommend that you inspect the filter…

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Lead-Acid Battery Maintenance and Service

Friday, July 6th, 2007

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LI-COR lead-acid batteries: 6400-03, 3000B, 6200B, 6000B Batteries must be stored fully charged and in a cool place, if possible. For long term storage, place the batteries on the charger overnight every three months. Charging the batteries: Batteries are normally charged with the LI-6020 battery changer. Make sure that the voltage selector slide switch on…

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