Hi, Dave,

When I was at Memorial University,  Earth Sciences, in Newfoundland, we 
had to move the Prism II to the new lab. We closed all the valves (CRT7 
especially), dropped the wheels and slowly moved the Prism out of the 
lab, down the hall, into an elevator, across a "bridge" that was inside 
and connected the buildings, but across a street, and into the new lab. 
We pulled up the wheels. (Nathaniel and Peg Ostrom, my students then, 
Michigan State now, can verify this.) Started up fine after pump down!

I have a similar story from Virginia, different Prism and group of 
students, moving it across a parking lot.with similar results.

Good luck,

Steve Macko
Professor
Isotope and Organic Geochemistry
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA 22901
434-924-6849

also

Program Director
Geobiology and Low Temperature Geochemistry
US National Science Foundation
Arlington, VA

703-292-4744
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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 17:33:53 -0500From: David Mrofka 
<[log in to unmask]>Subject: Advice on Moving a Prism IIWe are 
about a week away from moving a Prism II into a new lab. The move= 
isabout 100m, on linoleum with just one raised floor seam of about 1/2 
to 1 cm.
> I'd appreciate any suggestions on things to be careful about when moving =
> the
> mass spec...the biggest concern is probably the age of insulating materia=
> l
> around old electronics, so go slow is a given.  Any other tips?
>
> Thank you, Dave Mrofka
> UC Riverside
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