Discussion Category:  Centrifuge

Lid will not close

Hello all,

Over the past few months the lid to our centrifuge has repeatedly had trouble closing and latching, and while we can always call a service company out to fix the problem, I'd love to be able to get inside and do the fix myself on site. Any suggestions?

 

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Ben O.
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WarwickJon

Hi,

I haven't worked on a 5417R specifically but by the looks, the latching mechanism will be accessable via the removal of the front panel (be careful, there may well be a ribbon cable to the front display I expect).

The latching mechanism itself may be ok, you could well have a flakey microswitch or two that are not telling the machine the lid is closed.  Might be worth checking these first.  I have had to change those on similar Eppendorf centrifuges.

I hope that helps a little.

Good luck, Jon

 

 

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