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No capillary voltage on Xevo TQD in ESI negative mode - WKB83972

Article number: 83972

SYMPTOMS

  • Capillary voltage is set at 3.0 and randomly drops to zero
  • Works fine in ESI Postive mode

ENVIRONMENT

  • Xevo TQD
  • SQD2
  • Xevo TQ MS
  • Xevo TQ-S
  • Xevo TQ-S micro
  • Xevo TQ-XS

CAUSE

Capillary voltage is set too high, which is causing arcing.

FIX or WORKAROUND

Drop the ESI negative capillary below 2.0 kV.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

id83972, A-SQ, Electrospray, SQD2, XEVOG2XSQT, XEVOTQ, XEVOTQA, XEVOTQD, XEVOTQDIVD, XEVOTQIVD, XEVOTQS, XEVOTQSIVD, XEVOTQSMIC, XEVOTQXS, XEVTQSMIVD, XEVTQXSIVD

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