Hello this a short guide to the -80 Freezer of the Newmanlab
The -80 Freezer is located on the fourth floor of psychology in LAR.
The freezer is mainly used to hold the viruses for optogenetics used by the lab.
IMPORTANT: The freezer is a piece of shared equipment as part of Ehren's startup package please make sure not to disrupt any of the other material that belongs to other labs.
IMPORTANT: Do not keep the freezer door open more than 30 seconds if you need to work with something take it out and close the door then place it back in when done this is not your personal home frig.
The freezer is a New Brunswick Innova U725 Model (208 - 230 V, 60 Hz)​ freezer from Eppendorf
Additional information on the freezer can be found in the manual below
The freezer is normally maintains it temp via the motor, but has an additional CO2 line to help keep it cool, the CO2 tanks are the two large tanks located to the left of the freezer.
When the CO2 tanks turn on can be altered by the CO2 control box located on top of the freezer.
The freezer has a temperature monitoring system (https://online-shop.eppendorf.us/US-en/Freezers-44537/Accessories-44539/Eppendorf-TCA-3-Temperature-Monitor-PF-56243.html)
This TCA-3 system is set to alert individuals in the case the temperature in the freezer gets to high. It does so by contacting individuals on a list and calling them and/or emailing them.
This list and history of issues with the freezer can be located here: https://secure.sensornetworkonline.com/SSIWeb/summaryView.faces
The username is: newmanmemorylab
The password is: information
The MAC address for the TCA-3 system is: 0014A0021B0E