Using the Okolab heating and cooling incubator
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Please leave the OKO-TOUCH controller and Lauda water bath switched on at all times. Just set the temperature and CO2 for the next user at the end of your session. This is to prevent an error with the water bath that results in a beeping alarm. |
The H101-CRYO-BL is a stage-top water jacket incubator that can be used to heat or cool specimens. To operate the system, turn set the temperature on the OKO-TOUCH controller by pressing and holding the button. Set the temperature by pressing the temperature on the touch screen (a, in the figure below) and pressing the + or – buttons to increase or decrease the temperature and press Set (b,1 and 2 below).
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To pause the temperature regulation prior to removing the lid, press Open Incubator in the Control Mode window (a, in the figure below). To restart regulation, press Incubator Closed.
Supplying CO2 to the heating and cooling incubator
When supplying CO2 to the chamber you will also need to turn the air pump on, so the correct proportions of air and CO2 are mixed together, otherwise the CO2 concentration will shoot up and stay high.
- Press the CO2% button on the OKO-TOUCH controller (red arrow in the image below). Use the the +/- buttons to raise or lower the CO2 set point to your desired percentage.
- Press the cogs button in the menu on the left.
- Press the Gas button.
- Press the Air Source button.
- Select Air Pump.
When you are setting the CO2 level back to zero, please remember to turn off the air pump by selecting Compressed Air instead of Air Pump in the Air Source screen.