If its old and out of warrenty, see if you have a local shop that can do it. We found the guys in physics here are great with such things (and a lot cheaper than official company repair guys).
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Phoebe A. Rice
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The University of Chicago
phone 773 834 1723
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---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:28:25 -0700
>From: CCP4 bulletin board <[log in to unmask]> (on behalf of aaleshin <[log in to unmask]>)
>Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] offtopic: AKTA prime
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
> it is not cheap - probably $500
>
> When we purchased the pump, it was below $300 (a
> year ago). Replacement took ~4 hours, but you must
> like doing it. You'll have to disassemble almost
> entire pump module, so make pictures of each step
> and mark tubings ends with labels.
> Alex
> On Jul 12, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Jacqueline Vitali
> wrote:
>
> Yes, it has happened to me more than once. It is
> not a good pump. Acta Prime Plus has a better
> one. They still have parts. Call GE technical
> support and they will tell you what to do.
>
> The part costs some money (it is not cheap -
> probably $500). I think the Akta Prime will keep
> on running as long as you maintain it. They can
> come to your lab to do the job for you but I do
> not know how much it is per hour. This team is
> called labcrew and they are very good.
>
> I would call them and try to arrange with them.
>
> Make sure you have your solutions elevated above
> the pump. Even though it is a pump you need to
> help it. Also do not use viscous solutions with
> it. (I do not use glycerol because of the pump).
> Finally clean it up with 20% ethanol after each
> use to avoid mold.
>
> On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 5:09 PM, Peter Hsu
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We've got an old Akta prime that I think is on
> the verge of kicking it. Hearing some high
> pitched sounds coming from the pump when we're
> running it. Line A seems clogged and makes a
> thudding noise when we try to do a pump wash
> through that line. Does anyone have any
> experience w/fixing one/replacing the pump? Or
> any idea how much it's going to set us back to
> get it fixed?
>
> Sorry for the off topic question/thanks in
> advance for any thoughts and ideas.
> Peter
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