We are getting ready to do our first switch out of filters and pump tubing on our GS FLX+. Has anyone given this a go yet? Any tips? We've had such a bad year with ours that I am hesitant to give it another reason to act up.
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Thanks to both for the reply.
Yes - I've watched the video and I think it will be do-able - no one offered up front to send anyone to do it so I'll just give it a go - just wondering if there were any snags I might run into.
As I said - this has not been a good year for this machine and I hate to give it an excuse to act up.
Thanks!
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Slightly off topic but.....
I have just done the tubing replacement on the Junior and it went very smoothly, if a little bit fiddly.
I had an engineer out last week for a separate issue and he seemed to think that the Preventative Maintenance Kit (spare tubing and replacement air filter) should be free if you have a service contract for your machine (which I do).
Has anybody with a contract been getting this kit free or are we all paying for it?
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Originally posted by LAH View PostWe are getting ready to do our first switch out of filters and pump tubing on our GS FLX+. Has anyone given this a go yet? Any tips? We've had such a bad year with ours that I am hesitant to give it another reason to act up.Last edited by tokikake; 06-28-2012, 05:01 AM.
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Originally posted by GraemeFox View PostSlightly off topic but.....
I have just done the tubing replacement on the Junior and it went very smoothly, if a little bit fiddly.
I had an engineer out last week for a separate issue and he seemed to think that the Preventative Maintenance Kit (spare tubing and replacement air filter) should be free if you have a service contract for your machine (which I do).
Has anybody with a contract been getting this kit free or are we all paying for it?
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We've changed ours 3x since our upgrade at the beginning of 2012. Make sure you adequately tighten the connectors installing the new pump tubing - we were about 5 runs in after our last tubing change and had a couple of poor runs that presented as fluidics issues. The connectors had come loose and reagents were leaking. Our engineer recommends checking and re-tightening these before each run as the action of the pump can cause them to loosen over time.
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Thanks all for your responses.
We definitely don't get these for free - in fact we just were informed that we hadn't received everything required for the kits we had purchased. The Wash buffer and sipper tubes and pre-wash tubes were sent after the fact.
I'll let you know if I have any hiccups.
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