Chapter 29: SilkeThe jammed RV in the I-side of the 8200 was such an easy fix that Silke was able to power the instrument back on and turn it over to the grateful technologist within a mere thirty minutes. The 4100, on the other hand, was a different matter. Not that she needed to deal with it right then and there, but the idea of going back home to not just one, but two, irate women…Not that she could blame them, really. Neither one.
After a serious amount of troubleshooting, she finally figured out that the problem derived from user error. Whoever had done maintenance on the 4100 that day had placed a mystery solution where the buffer should have been. Silke removed the cartridge containing the offending liquid and debated discarding it versus using it for educational purposes. Since th
