Gas leaks can cause detector noise and baseline instability, shorten column life and waste expensive carrier gas. Liquid leak detectors, although inexpensive, can contaminate your system. Agilent’s G3388A electronic leak detector is an easy way to quickly identify leaks in your system.
Check your valves, fittings, and traps for leaks after every maintenance, and after thermal cycling as these can loosen some types of fittings.