Yes, our new Akta prime has also only 2 mm path length
and readings are, therefore, much smaller than with
1 cm path length in a typical spectro-photometer.
Best
Marius
> Hi all,
>
> We recently got low UV reading on our AKTA prime. We contacted GE
> healthcare, but was told that the UV reading
chines fit
perfectly into the AKTA UV unit and have a much longer life (15+ years) than
the new GE-made filters.
Best,
Petr
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Hi Matt,
AKTA system does allow you check the how-good percentage of the UV lamp,
so if the UV lamp is new, and it gives low percentage (I do not mean the
20%) then your AKTA system may have the problem like Scott said or other
thing in the Optical path.
There are other possibilities, however! F
I second Scott's post. About the only problem we've had with our
Akta instruments is this type of degradation of the filter. I'm not
sure what the mechanism is, but the filters do seem to crap out after
a while, at least in the cold room (oxidation? I have no idea of what
the filter is mad
Hi Matt,
Check to make sure the A280 filter is clean. Ours was filthy. You might need
to replace this (~$350). We were experiencing the same thing you mentioned and
just had the GE technician out today. Also, make sure the A280 dial is set
correctly on the lamp. Please check the manual for
