{"id":782,"date":"2019-11-07T21:21:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T05:21:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-29T15:50:03","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T22:50:03","slug":"782","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/782","title":{"rendered":"The glass bulb of my pH Sensor is broken. Can it be repaired?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, unfortunately a broken glass bulb on any of our pH sensors cannot be repaired or replaced and is not covered by the warranty. We typically make free repairs of our sensors whenever possible, but it is not possible to repair or replace a broken bulb.<\/p>\n<p>To help prevent breakage:<br \/>\n\u2022 Avoid hitting the edge of the beaker or other vessel with the tip of the electrode.<br \/>\n\u2022 Using the electrode to stir a solution is not advised. However, if touching the bottom and sides of the vessel can be avoided, there is no harm.<br \/>\n\u2022 If using a stir bar, take care not to lower the tip of the electrode too far so that it is struck by the stir bar.<br \/>\n\u2022 Never let the glass touch anything other than liquid, e.g., if measuring the pH of a stream, don&#8217;t let the tip touch rocks, sand, or gravel on the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>Some of our pH sensors can be purchased in two parts, making the replacement of the electrode less expensive than replacing the entire sensor. Some examples include:<\/p>\n<p>2-part pH sensor for LabQuest platforms and interfaces is made up of:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/product\/electrode-amplifier\/\">Electrode Amplifier<\/a> (<nobr>EA-BTA<\/nobr>) + <a href=\"\/product\/ph-electrode-bnc\/\">pH Electrode BNC<\/a> (<nobr>PH-BNC<\/nobr>)<\/p>\n<p>The following are always sold in 2 parts:<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-ph-sensor\/\">Go Direct<sup>&reg;<\/sup> pH Sensor<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-PH<\/nobr>) (the replacement electrode is <a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-ph-bnc-electrode\/\">Go Direct&reg; pH BNC Electrode<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-PH-BNC<\/nobr>))<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/product\/tris-compatible-flat-ph-sensor\/\">Tris-Compatible Flat pH Sensor<\/a> (<nobr>FPH-BTA<\/nobr>) (the replacement electrode is <a href=\"\/product\/flat-ph-electrode-bnc\/\">Flat pH Electrode BNC<\/a> (<nobr>FPH-BNC<\/nobr>))<br \/>\n<a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-tris-compatible-flat-ph\/\">Go Direct<sup>&reg;<\/sup> Tris-Compatible Flat pH<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-FPH<\/nobr>) (the replacement electrode is <a href=\"\/product\/go-direct-flat-ph-bnc-electrode\/\">Go Direct&reg; Flat pH BNC Electrode<\/a> (<nobr>GDX-FPH-BNC<\/nobr>))<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, unfortunately a broken glass bulb on any of our pH sensors cannot be repaired or replaced and is not covered by the warranty. We&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1073,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[731,732,730,292,733,294,214],"class_list":["post-782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-broken","tag-gdx-ph","tag-ph-bulb","tag-ph-electrode","tag-ph-bnc","tag-ph-bta","tag-ph-din"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782","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\/1073"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}