Isco 3700 Auto-Sampler
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- Samples should be taken at: 3 pm, 9 pm, 3 am, 9 am.
- At least every 4 days the bottles in the sampler will need to be emptied into plastic bottles (in action packers at each site).
- These bottles need to be labeled with: River Name & Time of Sample.
- Take pictures and make detailed notes of the location of the end of the suction line (i.e. where the sample is being drawn from).
TO ENTER A PROGRAM:
- (1) Enter Program Button
- (2) Program Enter
- (3) Time Enter
- (4) Time: 6 hrs 0 min
- (5) Multiplex Samples: No Enter
- (6) Sample Volume: 1000 mL
- (7) Suction Head: measured from level of liquid source to the pump (cannot exceed 26 feet)
- (8) Start Sampling
One sample should be taken at peak flow; can enter a start time for the program to begin so that it starts at peak flow, or a 6-hour interval from peak flow.
EQUIPMENT NEEDED
- (1) Isco Sampler
- (2) suction line
- (3) power source (car battery & alligator clips or ni-cad batteries & wall charger)
- (4) 1L sampling bottles