Argon venting has started. It will be left to vent over night. 

ESC was called out again to inspect the chiller as it was showing the same problem as before. This time when started one fan came on (this is not what happened last time) but the fan controlled by the VFD did not. It was eventually traced to a relay that has been replaced. The system was tested as best it could without a load and appears to be working. It will be difficult to tell until a heat load is in place if the fix has solved everything. 

Module moves of TM#1 with Ta#39 from ITW to SHC then TM#1 with UCx#6 from SHC to the conditioning station moves went well.

 The roughing pumps have been started on the conditioning station. As it is late in the day for David he will make the turbo pump connections tomorrow.

TM#1 with UC#6 has been moved from the conditioning station to the west target station, move went well.

TM3 has been moved from the south hot cell to the conditioning station. David and I completed the move. All went well.

Leak checked TM3 without source tray in CS this morning. The CS and TM3 vacuum: IG1(top of the TM3 service cap)4.9x E-7Torr, IG2(diagnostic box  primary)1.9XE-6 Torr. IG1S (secondary vessel)7.9X E-7Torr. The leak detector was at 0.0XE-4 torr and 0.0XE-9 atm.cc/sec level during the leak checked. All water lines quick connector fittings, NPT thread fittings, water cap seals, blue insulator seals, bellow, gauges seals, turbo-pumps, all blanket panels,and TM3 to CS vessel seal have been sprayed with helium and leak checked. No leak has been found. The TM3 is leak tight in CS.

CS water cooling and vacuum system have been turned off at 10:00 AM this morning.The TM3 will be disconnected and moved to silo tomorrow morning.

TM#3 with no target and no source tray has been moved from the conditioning station to the north east silo, move went well.

   I have fallen behind on the HV testing that has been completed on TM3. Data can be found on docushare in the TM3 Rev 3 folder files are too large to attach. From the last elog entry the following tests have been completed

July 8 2013 - Long HV conditioning 50kV achieved before sparking caused PS to trip. Was unable to recover to the same voltage

July 9 2013 - Attempted to repeat previous test lost PS at 45kV. Voltage continued to degrade during the day.

July 10 2013 - Max voltage achieve 42.5kV discussed with Friedhelm and decided to run the EINZEL lens at 50% of the BIAS in case this is the source of the sparking

July 10 2013 - Max voltage 40.5kV with EINZEL lens. Communicated with Friedhelm and Lia. It was decided 40kV was good enough. Started developing standard test (see below for testing procedure) for Module so a with and without source tray 

July 12 2013 - Only one spark on route to 40kV. PS tripped after ~10 minutes at 40kV. Near the end of the day there wasn't enough time to repeat test.

July 15 2013 - Test repeated, could not hold 40kV. 39kV held for 1 hour with EINZEL lens off. Sparking was making it difficult to keep on.

July 15 2013 - TM3 was electrically disconnected from the conditioning station. The station ran at 60kV for 1 hour with zero sparks.

July 16 2013 - Test repeated with goal of 39kV intense sparking after 20 minutes caused the PS to trip. Once again the EINZEL lens PS was tripping and eliminated from use to make the test easier. With the failure of this test once again Friedhelm was once again consulted. He advised to stop testing as it appears to be causing damage. There is concern that the module is degrading. Lia has stated this does not affect the source tray and that a source tray will be inserted into TM3 and she accepts responsibility if the module does not hold voltage. 

Standard testing procedure for the bias was as follows. Please note that the EINZEL lens was supposed to follow the BIAS steps at 50%. This procedure was approved by Friedhelm prior to operating. This test was never successfully completed and we will not be able to complete a "apples to apples" test once the source tray is installed.

> Step to 5000 kV If no sparking after 1 minute

> Step to 10000 kV If no sparking after 1 minute

> Step to 15000 kV If no sparking after 1 minute

> Step to 17500 kV If no sparking after 1 minute

> Step to 20000 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 22500 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 25000 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 27500 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 30000 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 31000 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 32000 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 33000 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 34000 kV If no sparking for at least 1 minute after 5 minutes

> Step to 35000 kV If no sparking for at least 2 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 35500 kV If no sparking for at least 2 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 36000 kV If no sparking for at least 2 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 36500 kV If no sparking for at least 2 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 37000 kV If no sparking for at least 2 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 37500 kV If no sparking for at least 5 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 38000 kV If no sparking for at least 5 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 38500 kV If no sparking for at least 5 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 39000 kV If no sparking for at least 5 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 39500 kV If no sparking for at least 5 minute after 10 minutes

> Step to 40000 kV Maximum 3 sparks per hour maximum test time 3 hours.

TM#4 with SiC#29 has been moved from the south hot cell to the conditioning station move went well.

3 turbo pumps on TM4 and CS have been started. The pumping down is good so far, The TM4 PNG1 reading is more than 10 times higher than IG1 which is at the same chamber. It could be a controller problem.  Other 3 high vacuum gauges behavior normal.  The TM4 IG1 is replaced today and it works fine now.

Electrical check of TM#4 with SiC#29 attached. Results are pretty much the same as yesterday for the coil to 60kV common, and anode to 60kV common. See attached pdf for details.

Bevan and I did a helium pressure test on TM4 HS water circuit at CS. The leak detector is pumped to the bottom scale(E-9 atm.cc/sec and E-4torr). We applied 70 psi helium to the HS circuit for 3 minutes .  No response had been found. I also leak checked IG1 flange which was replaced yesterday. It is  good. We connected the TM4 to CS and put the HV cover on. The water cooling system will be started soon.

Target Module 3 with no target, and a partially-installed Rev-3 source tray (no steerers connected, no IMG connected, entrance window lines blanked off on module side and not connected to containment box) was transported successfully to the Conditioning Station by Travis Cave and David Wang at around 4pm today.  David attached the vacuum system for start of pump-down to prepare for leak checking.

David Wang started a helium leak check on TM3 at the CS this morning.

David will create an e-log once his check is complete, but here are the preliminary results:

- target oven +/- OK

- mounting support plate OK

- ionizer tube heater +/- OK

- extraction electrode OK

A large leak was found in the heat shield circuit:

- The module pumped down with the leak rate stabilizing at 4.8xE-9 atm.cc/sec
- 60 psi helium was applied to the heat shield fitting on the right side of the Y-shaped connector (see attached sketch, each side of the "Y" is separated by a face to face metal contact only, i.e. no o-ring seal separates supply and return water)
- The maximum leak response was detected in 10 seconds, with base pressure rising from 2.0E-2 torr to 2.8xE-2 torr
- The helium was vented from the line by using an allen wrench to open the valve on the water quick-connect (see attached photo)
- The module continued pumping down, and after some time, the allen wrench was used again to open the valve, but air rushed inside, indicating vacuum was being drawn inside the water line through the leaking interface
- As the module continued to pump, this vacuum vent air rush inside the water line could not be reproduced by opening the valve again with the allen key

The module is currently pumping down at the Conditioning Station. We will leak check the remaining lines tomorrow with whatever base leak-rate we have achieved, and then move TM3 to the Hot Cell for further diagnosis.

TM#3 with no target has been moved from the conditioning station to the south hot cell. The fields observed around the containment box of the module ranged from 0.80 mSv/hr to 1.8mSv/hr..

A huge leak had been found on HS circuit during 60 psi helium pressurize test. Other circuits are free of obvious major leak at present .We will test them again once the TM3 is back to CS. See attachment for details

TM#3 with no target has been moved to the conditioning station from the south hot cell.

TM3 has been connected in CS.Three turbo- pumps have been started. The pumping down is fine so far.