>Hi Everyone, > >I seem to remember a number of years ago, that the room temerature >adversely affected the FACScan's ability to operate....I haven't noticed >such an affect with the FACsort I now use...perhaps the heat fluctuations we >experienced while our bldg was being renovated didn't affect *that* >particular room as much...at least when *I* was using the FACSort. > >Today it was 83 degrees F. (and probably warmer as my Vantage is in a back >corner of the room) and I had a horrible time trying to get stabilized >streams or a reasonable drop delay. Was it me or the room temp? > >Thanks! > >Tricia > Hello Tricia This thread has been covered in some detail previously (worth checking the archive), to summarise however, I (and I believe many others) found that a constant (low) temperature is required to guarantee success in sorting. Arnold _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ Arnold Richard Pizzey Department of Haematology Royal Free and University College London Medical School 98 Chenies Mews London WC1E 6HX U.K voice: +44 171-209-6234 Fax: +44 171-209-6222 email: a.pizzey@ucl.ac.uk _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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