[jmccord]

We ultimately had to make facility modifications for our instrument (Fusion) as well. Currently the benchtop sits around 24C and 40% relative humidity. The analyzer proper sits at 30C, but if the AC goes out in the summer we have to shut it down since the firmware starts to yell when it heats up.

More than a high operating temp, we found the biggest issue was with our power-saver setup in the lab. The facility would turn off climate control when the building was “empty” and permitting up to 5C swings between day and overnight was causing us all sorts of communication issues and calibrations were going out after a day. We did a continuous monitor for 36 hours and tracked the analyzer temp vs. mass accuracy to get an exemption to have our climate control always fixed.

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