Before you decide to power down your instrument, consider the following:
All of the components of your thermal analysis system are designed to be powered on for long periods.
The electronics of the DSC and the controller perform more reliably if power fluctuations caused by turning units on and off are minimized.
For these reasons, turning the system and its components on and off frequently is discouraged. Therefore, when you finish running an experiment on your instrument and wish to use the thermal analysis system for some other task, it is recommended that you leave the instrument on.
To ensure proper shutdown of the instrument, it is recommended that you select Control/Shutdown Instrument from the Instrument Control menu or touch the SHUTDOWN key on the Display Menu touch screen. A confirmation message will be displayed. Select OK (touchscreen) or Shutdown (Instrument Control) to proceed. All communication to the instrument will be halted while the instrument saves data to the flash screen. Once this procedure is complete, the instrument will post the message above indicating that it is safe to turn off the power to the instrument or reset the instrument. Select Yes to proceed.
To power down your instrument set the power switch to the OFF (0) position.