Maintenance Of The Instrument; Handling; Cleaning The Strip Adapter - MERCK RQflex plus 10 Modo De Empleo

6 Maintenance of the instrument

To obtain consistently exact measurement results please follow these instructions
for cleaning and maintenance.

Handling

1. Please treat this instrument with the same care as you do with all other
electronic devices. Take care to ensure that no liquid enters the instrument
case, since this may result in damage that is not covered by the warranty.
2. Do not expose the instrument to excessively humid conditions or to excessive
heat or cold (see the technical data).
3. If the external case of the measurement instrument needs cleaning, please wipe
the case and the display carefully with a moist cloth.
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4. Clean the optics, the strip adaptor, and the cell adapter only with distilled water
or ethanol.
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Cleaning the strip adapter

When?
The strip adapter must be cleaned immediately if an error message (OPT or ERR) is
displayed.
The strip adapter should be thoroughly cleaned (dismantling the strip adapter into
its individual components) at the end of each working day.
How?
1. Switch off the instrument by pressing the ON/OFF button.
2. Carefully pull the strip adapter out of the case.
3. Dismantle the adapter into its three components.
4. Clean the components with water and a mild detergent. If necessary use
ethanol. Never clean the internal standard (light grey plastic component) with
abrasive cleaner!
5. Dry the components carefully and reassemble the adapter.
6. Reinsert the strip adapter into the instrument.
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