Dear,

We use the following standard: the cost for one year is the total
investment/10. End we use 200 working days a year.
So if the laser cost 20000 your cost for one day is: 100.
A full service contract reaches this level of 10% also.

Greetings
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 9:26 AM
Subject: Laser Cost


> Dear All,
>
> For the purpose of grant applications, what do people usually charge for
> the running cost of an in house confocal with visible laser ?
> We are using a Perkin Elmer Ultra View system for calcium and GFP
> studies.
>
> Thanks
>
>
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