I'm running the JW Weike LG900 with an 80 tube upgrade. I usually use Corel12 and mine an older serial model not the new fangled USB models.
Pain in the ass to get running as the software is bad to say the least, but once running it's been a workhorse and not nearly as delicate as I suspected. My current tube has about 600-700 hrs on it and so far it's running great.
I run regular tap water in it and chlorine bleach to keep the water from going bad. This has caused some issues but they take months to come up.
1. The water jacket on the exit of the tube will corrode and eventually block if water is left in it. I recently had this happened. I pumped about 100psi air into it which popped the AL end off the water jacket, I cleaned it out, reapplied epoxy to the end and 24 hrs later it's once again running like a top.
2. Don't run your tube at 100%, I have had three break in half at about 300 hrs running that hot. I now run at 88% and it runs fine , if only a little slower.
Thanks
Mike
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