Re: vacuum on a Vantage

From: Ray Hicks (rh208@cus.cam.ac.uk)
Date: Mon Dec 06 1999 - 13:17:40 EST


Hi Art,

I now use a Pall-Gelman Vacushield (TM) Vent Device in front of my
replacement vacuum pump - it works well.

Ray

At 5:22 pm -0500 2/12/99, Art Roberts wrote:
>Just a thought regarding the damage to the pump caused by aspirating
>water, etc. into it:  Would it be possible to install a hydrophobic air
>filter in line between the waste receptacle and the pump in order to
>prevent the entry of damaging liquids without impeding the airflow?  I
>tried this on a vacuum gel drier and it seemed to work fine.  Has
>anyone tried it on a flow cytometer?
>
>--Art
>
>__________________________________
>Arthur Roberts
>Dept. of Medicine
>Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
>
>email:  robertar@umdnj.edu
>phone:  732-235-7790
>Fax:    732-235-7792


                              Ray Hicks
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