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I work at a small liberal arts college where I do research using a Thermo 1300 GC paired to a Thermo ISQ MS. When I started to use the instrument for research and not just teaching it took a long time to clean it, and replace parts to get it working at the research grade.
Now my administrators are saying they want to turn off all power to the campus due to COVID-19 and having everyone work remotely for the foreseeable future. I urged the administrators to keep the power to my lab on so that I can keep the GC in rest mode, under vacuum and keep the sourced heated and clean, and carrier gas flowing. In the event that I have to turn it off for say 2 months or so what would be the best protocol to produce as little downtime as possible when I start it back up?
Would it be worth it to remove the column and cap the MS off with a blank ferrule? Would it be best to keep carrier gas flowing (UP H2)? Would it be worth it to remove the column and cap both ends of that as well?
Thank you for your help, this is an upsetting situation.