The first thing to look for when the fans

are working, but you dont get

temperature control, is a short. The most
common way this happens is if a wire
becomes pinched. Over time the
pressure will cause the insulation to
migrate and the wire will short against
the metal body of the analyzer. With the
TECs the most common places where
this happens are where the wires run
along the edge of the cover on the
bottom of the sensor (this cover has the
sensor head serial number on it) or Wires can become pinched in these areas (circled in red)
where the wires go underneath the heat and prevent the TECs from working.
sinks on the side of the sensor head. If
this appears to be the cause, un-pinching
the wire will solve the problem.

If you cant find a pinched wire the next

thing to check would be the TECs
themselves.
 TECs are simply a series of thermocouple
junctions sandwiched between two ceramic plates, where To remove the cover
rather than measuring a voltage resulting from a
temperature differential , we apply one to create a
temperature differential. As such, when off and with no remove these three
temperature differential across the device, they have a screws and
very low resistance (typically less than 4 or 5 Ohms).
When the TECs start to fail this resistance will increase, so these two tubes.
you can verify if they are good by simply checking the
resistance with an Ohm meter.
To do this, remove the cover on the bottom
of the sensor head (the one with the serial number on it)
and check the resistance between the paired red and
black wires coming from connectors P6 and P7 (labeled on
the board). You can access the wires by connecting your
test leads to the back of the connector (indicated with red
arrows, one per pair of pins); there are four bare pins on
each that go from the connector to the board and
correspond to the four wires on the front of the
connector. The main caveat here is that Ohm meters
measure resistance by applying a small voltage and the
resistance of the TECs changes when a voltage is applied.
To do this test correctly: The instrument must P7 P6
be off for at least an hour prior to doing the test and the
sensor head needs to have been in a stable temperature
environment during that time period. Once you connect
the test leads to make the measurement you need to take
the reading right away. The resistance will change after When you re-install the cover be sure not
the leads are connected; you are interested in the value to pinch any wires.
for resistance the you get in the first second or so.