[Nhcoll-l] crytical point dryer replaement part

[Mark A Farmer]

Dear Stuart,,

We bought several of these drying cartridges when our CPD was new but have never bought another one since.  Why?  Because you can drive off the trapped moisture by putting a used canister in a drying oven.  In fact, that is where we store our "used" ones until it is time to replace them.  Grab a warm one, screw it in and you are done.  If you have not thrown out the old ones put a few into an oven (50-60 C) and let them sit for a few days.  Alternatively take the one you have now and dry it out.

Funny that Tousimis would not tell you this.  It was from one of their service engineers that I first learned this trick.

Good luck!


Mark Farmer

Division of Biological Sciences

Rm. 400 Biological Science Bldg.

University of Georiga

Athens, GA 30602

Tel: 706 542-1693

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Subject: [Taxacom] crytical point dryer  replaement part

dear hearts

sorry to cross post

i have been working with a tousimis samdri 790  "antique" , 10 year old virgin when we got it in 2003,  critical point dryer.

I need a new lco2 filter     replacement element for 8782 filter housing    13x molecular sieve
cat no 8782A

tousimis no longer can or will supply this for me.  i can not afford a new machine and they suggest i send them the housing and related materials and for xxx.xx they will replace that for me and sell me the new filter to go with it.  i do not have the  xxx.xx to spend.

so does one of you, someplace on a shelf in the back room just happen to have an unopened one of these lco2 filters?

if so please advise.

thanking you in advance.

cheers!

rof


Stuart M Fullerton ROF, Research Associate Arthropod

Collection (UCFC), Dept. of Biology, University of Central Florida, PO

Box 162368, Orlando, Florida, 32816-2368, USA. stuartf at knights.ucf.edu

<mailto:stuartf at pegasus.cc.ucf.edu>(407) 823-6540 (no voice mail), http://bugcloset.cos.ucf.edu/
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