{"id":2321,"date":"2017-08-22T21:58:15","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T04:58:15","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-16T09:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T16:41:00","slug":"2321","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/2321","title":{"rendered":"Melt Station Troubleshooting and FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"\/product\/melt-station\/\">Melt Station<\/a> (<nobr>MLT-BTA<\/nobr>)<\/h3>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/manuals\/MLT-BTA\">Specifications and User Guide<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/product.mlt-bta._hero.001.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Troubleshooting<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Primary Test: <\/strong>Power the Melt Station using its AC adapter. Connect the Melt Station&#8217;s BTA plug to a data collection interface. Run the data collection software. The Melt Station should auto-ID and a reading of the approximate room temperature will be displayed. Turn the control dial on the Melt Station to any temperature setting, or Rapid Heat, and start the data collection. The temperature readings should increase.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Secondary Test:<\/strong> Power the Melt Station using its AC adapter. Turn the control dial to any temperature setting. If the Melt Station is working properly, the red LED will come on to indicate that the heating block is warming.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional Troubleshooting<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/til\/3277\/\">The control knob on my Melt Station is loose. How can I tighten it?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/til\/3899\/\">How do I remove a broken capillary tube from a Melt Station?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Specifications<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Temperature Sensor: Class A, Platinum Resistance Temperature Detector (RTD)<\/li>\n<li>Range: Ambient to 260\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 0.10\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>Accuracy: \u00b1(0.31+0.0006\u2219T), where T is the temperature in Celsius<br \/>\u26ac Typical values: \u00b10.4\u00b0C (&lt;200\u00b0C); \u00b10.5 deg C (&gt;200\u00b0C)<\/li>\n<li>Safety shut down: The heating block is automatically powered down after approximately 60 minutes of heating.<\/li>\n<li>Capillary tubes: 1.4\u20131.8 mm outside diameter, 100 mm length<\/li>\n<li>Capillary tube slots: 3<\/li>\n<li>Viewing lens: 27 mm diameter (functional), 30 mm (actual)<\/li>\n<li>Lighting of capillary slots: 3 white LEDs<\/li>\n<li>Lighting of control dial:<br \/>\u26ac Red LED (indicates heating mode)<br \/>\u26ac Blue LED (indicates cooling mode with cooling fan running)<br \/>\u26ac Yellow LED (safety shut off activated)<\/li>\n<li>Dimensions<br \/>\u26ac Base: 13 cm \u00d7 15 cm \u00d7 1.5 cm<br \/>\u26ac Body: 9 cm \u00d7 9 cm \u00d7 24 cm<\/li>\n<li>Weight: 1.0 kg (2.2 lbs); with AC adapter: 1.2 kg (2.6 lbs)<\/li>\n<li>Power Supply<br \/>\u26ac universal AC adapter 100\u2013240 VAC, 50\u201360 Hz input <br \/>\u26ac Output: 24VDC to unit<br \/>\u26ac Power consumption: 40W max., &lt;0.5A @ 110V<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Calibration<\/h3>\n<p>Calibrate? No. The temperature sensor embedded in the aluminum heating block of the Melt Station will never need to be calibrated. The sensor is carefully calibrated before it ships, and this unique calibration is stored on a smart chip in the sensor. Note: There is no method to perform a calibration of this sensor in any of our software programs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Products<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/melt-station-capillary-tubes\/\">Melt Station Capillary Tubes<\/a> (<nobr>MLT-TUBE<\/nobr>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/replacement-melt-station-power-supply\/\">Replacement Melt Station Power Supply<\/a> (<nobr>MLT-PS<\/nobr>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-melt-station\/\">Go Direct<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Melt Station<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-MLT<\/nobr>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Specifications and User Guide Troubleshooting Additional Troubleshooting Specifications Calibration Calibrate? No. The temperature sensor embedded in the aluminum heating block of the Melt Station will&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11015,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[720,3797,3804,3801,3803],"class_list":["post-2321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-maintil","tag-melt","tag-melt-station","tag-mlt-bta","tag-mltmain"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11015"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}