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).
===================================== Phoebe A. Rice Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology The University of Chicago phone 773 834 1723 http://bmb.bsd.uchicago.edu/Faculty_and_Research/01_Faculty/01_Faculty_Alphabetically.php?faculty_id=123 http://www.rsc.org/shop/books/2008/9780854042722.asp ---- Original message ---- >Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 21:28:25 -0700 >From: CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]> (on behalf of aaleshin ><[email protected]>) >Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] offtopic: AKTA prime >To: [email protected] > > 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 > <[email protected]> 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
