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** When they collapse it is very tricky to get them out. Needle nose pliers are probably your best bet but it can still be very hard. | ** When they collapse it is very tricky to get them out. Needle nose pliers are probably your best bet but it can still be very hard. | ||
* If the ultracentrifuge won't start and won't even try to start, open the door, lift the rotor up, place it back down, let it cool back down to your desired temp, and hold start. | * If the ultracentrifuge won't start and won't even try to start, open the door, lift the rotor up, place it back down, let it cool back down to your desired temp, and hold start. | ||
=== How balance does it need to be? === | |||
* Tech support 5/2013 [[User:Janet B. Matsen|JM]] said that you can balance oppositely placed buckets by eye. There is no need to spend the time weighing down to the nearest milligram. The centrifuge will stop itself if it is off balance. The auto shut-off feature is conservative enough that you cannot hurt the rotor by having too imbalanced of samples. You can, however, waste your time if you need to rebalance and restart the ultracentrifuge. | |||
== Example Protocols == | == Example Protocols == | ||
