Too hot to handle

On Saturday afternoon the air conditioning unit on the east side of SBC stopped functioning.  As you can imagine the temperature in all labs and offices on increased rapidly without AC.  The NMR consoles produce a lot of heat and there are several components that are susceptible to damage if this heat is not dissipated.  Hence, I had to shut down both Yosemite and BigSur consoles.  The problem was still not fixed on Sunday afternoon and the temperature in the room had reached 96 F, so I shut down workstations to minimize heat in the room.

Hence there is no access to BigSur or Yosemite at the present time, nor can you get data off of these instruments.  If you need access to data, please check the backup server.  I do not know when these instruments will be available, as the repair of the building AC is beyond my control.

Kudos to Warren for calling me when the temperature of the room started to rise or there could have been catastrophic damage to the consoles of both 400s, the 800 and maybe even a mass spec.

500 w/cryoprobe in Malott

Siena (500 w/cryoprobe in Malott) will be unavailable on Monday August 6th until the morning of Wednesday August 8th because of annual service to the cryoprobe.  We apologize for the interruption in service, however, in order to continue to acquire top quality spectra on this instrument, we must clean, replace, repair and/or service the many vital working parts of this instrument.

You can continue to submit samples for the cryoprobe both at Malott and SBC.  Sarah and I will run them once the instrument is back up on Wednesday.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Regards,

Justin