There were some problems this morning with provision of FEBIAD gas to the the target at ITE. It was suspected that the gas line was improperly connected to the module, or that the valves at the module were not opened.
Remote Handling was asked to open the HV cover on TM3 at ITE and check the connection of the FEBIAD gas line. Grant Minor, Maico Dalla Valle, Dan McDonald, and Anders Mjos entered the Target Hall before lunch on Work Permit I2014-07-07-1.
Maico entered ITE with suit and respirator, disengaged / disconnected the interlocks and removed the HV cover. He inspected the FEBIAD gas line and found that it was properly connected, and that the valves were both open. The gas line is shown in the attached image, with both valves marked in red.
Grant and Anders went into the electrical room to examine the supply gas bottle and supply circuit, and found that the supply gas pressure to the regulating valve was low. It was concluded that the problem was not at the Target Module / Target Station.
Grant returned to the Target Station and instructed Maico to replace the HV cover. After this was done, Grant confirmed with Jon Aoki over the phone that the interlock switch signals were both reading "OK".
Friedhelm Ames made an entry in today's ISAC Ops e-log regarding the supply pressure to the regulating valve.
ISAC E-log
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