Quick Install Guide
Waters
®
ACQUITY ELS Detector
Serial Number:
Date Installed:
Installed By:
715001213, Rev. B 2 of 5
Connecting Your Detector
For detailed installation information and cautionary statements regarding this product, refer to the
following documents:
• ACQUITY Evaporative Light Sattering Detector Operator’s Guide (71500109303)
• Ethernet Instrument Getting Started Guide (71500074403)
• Installing System Leak Sensors (715001557)
• ACQUITY UPLC Leak Sensor Maintenance Instructions (71500082506). This document is an
addendum to the ACQUITY UPLC System Operator’s Guide.
Electrical Connections
A. Connect any required event or signal cables.
B. Connect an Ethernet cable from the detector to the
system LAN switch or to the
network card on the acquisition computer.
C. Connect the power cable to a grounded receptacle.
B
A
Signal Out +
Signal Out –
Ground
Auxillliary Out +
Auxillliary Out –
Stop Flow +
Stop Flow -
Ground
Switch 2 +
Switch 2 -
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Inject Start +
Inject Start –
Ground
Lamp On/Off +
Lamp On/Off –
Chart Mark +
Chart Mark –
Ground
Auto Zero +
Auto Zero –
A
B
Ethernet
Cable
441000372
or
441000456
C
Fuse - WAT163-16 (if equipped)
Range: 110 Vac to 240 Vac
Gas Connection
Figure 1 - ACQUITY ELS Rear Electrical and Gas Connections
110 V - WAT097194
220 V - WAT097410
Gas Exhaust
715001213, Rev. B 3 of 5
A. Remove the nebulizer and fill the U-tube with mobile phase.
B. Slide the nebulizer into place with the air coupler at 12 o’clock to align the pins
and turn it 90 degrees clockwise.
C. Connect the column’s outlet using PEEK tubing (P/N 430001562) to the
nebulizer’s inlet port. If connecting from a UV detector, use PEEK tubing P/N
430001565.
D. Connect the gas input to the nebulizer’s gas inlet port.
E. Connect the drip tray tubing to the waste management system.
E
F
B
C
D
Push in, then
turn right 90
degrees.
Install tubing.
Nebulizer Connections
A
Figure 2 - Filling U-Tube
Figure 3 - Nebulizer Connections
Figure 4 - Plumbing and Leak Sensor Installed
715001213, Rev. B 4 of 5
Gas Exhaust on
Chassis Rear
Gas Input on
Chassis Rear
To Exhaust
Hood
Figure 5 - Proper Gas Venting
Gas Connections
715001213, Rev. B 5 of 5
Power Up
The quality management system of
Waters' chromatography applications
software design and manufacturing
facility, Milford, Massachusetts, complies
with the International Standard ISO
9001 Quality Management and Quality
Assurance Standards. Waters' quality
management system is periodically
audited by the registering body to ensure
compliance.
Waters Corporation
34 Maple Street
Milford, MA 01757
508 478-2000
http://www.waters.com
Waters is a registered trademark of Waters Corporation
The Science of What’s Possible is a trademark of Waters
Corporation
Printed in U.S.A. September, 2007
715001213, Rev. B
If you have any questions regarding this installation, call your local Waters office. In the U.S. call 1-800-252-HPLC.
The detector is operational when the two LEDs on the front panel are green.
The System Status LED on the ACQUITY ELSD Console interface turns green and a trace is visible,
also indicating a successful startup.
System
Status
LED
Power Switch
Green LEDs
Figure 5 - Indication of Successful Startup on ACQUITY ELSD Console
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