Spectrometer Care

A policy regarding the maintenance of NMR spectrometers owned by the LCP has been approved by the two P.I.'s who share these instruments. A spectrometer and it's surrounding area will be assigned to a representative from one of the two groups. The representative will have the following duties:

-vacuum area and console every two months (or more if needed)
-clean gradient amp screens when necessary (about 2x/yr)
-Be responsible for keeping the general area neat and organized
-monitor nitrogen fills and helium levels weekly
-verify "do_full" from calendar note
-know how to reboot the assigned spetrometer
-monitor magnet drift rate
-keep printer filled with paper
-remove metal filings (w/ tape) from the magnet every two months
-change "sticky foot pad" sheets when necessary (1x/week)
-monitor cryoplatform where necessary
-Instrument specific duties (e.g. monitoring the pumps on the drx800)
-additional duties that become obvious or needed



bax600: Jinfa
drx800: Jordon
dmx499: Beat
dmx500: Jun
dmx600: Chun
newdrx600: Jeong-Yong
dmx750: Lisa
mcab600: Kaifeng


NOTE WELL: Verifying N2 fills and Helium level is a trivial job, but failure to complete this weekly task could lead to a disaster for which the assigned representative will be responsible.

Vacation/sick/conference/etc.:
If a representative cannot complete his or her obligations during a specified time interval, then they should get someone else in their group to temporarily take over.

Spectrometer Maintenance: I will continue to periodically reserve time on instruments for basic spectrometer maintenance such as s/n checks, pulse calibrations, temp. calibrations, etc.