The silicon carbide targets voltage was raised to 42 kV today before continuous current draw was observed. It took roughly 10 minutes to raise the module to this voltage with only the occasional spark. The ION gauge reading was 2.0 x 10^-6 T, The service cap IMG 3.6 x 10^-6 T, and the secondary vacuum was 4.5 x 10^-6 T. Setup check and conditioning was performed by Pierre.

 TM1 was high voltage tested without a target on November 16, 2011 with Don Jackson, Pierre Bricault, and Bevan Moss. The module was able to hold up to 25 kV but between that and 32 kV there was lots of discharge which could be measured in the vacuum. See the attached plot for the voltage current and sparks.

The high active water resistivity took a long time to recover after the upgrade to the water cooling circuit. The system needed about a month (from end February to end March) to recover to nominal values. See attached plot of archiver data.

TM1 has now been connected in ITW and the water resistivity remains > 8 MOhm cm, which should allow normal operation. However, the resin is suspected to be approaching end of life. Work is ongoing to get a new replacement resin tank.

Using a long pole with a probe to spray helium on TCS vacuum seals and joints which are installed in  TCS service pit. No response has been found on leak detector during leak check. TCS is leak free.

Helium pressure test on TM4 HS line at TCS  is done.Leak detector 0.0X E-9atm.cc/sec.  5minutes, 70psi helium.    No response on LD.

70 psi helium ,2minutes to  TM4 HS line. LD base leak rate 0.0xE-9 atm.cc/sec. No leak.

70 psi helium , 2 minutes. Base leak rate 0.0x E-9 atm.cc/sec. base pressure 0.0XE-4 torr. no response on LD.The line is good.

I did helium pressure test on TM4 HS line at TCS this morning.  70psi helium 3 minutes, 0.0xE-9 atm.cc/sec base leak rate. No response. No leak.

The helium pressure test on TM4 HS line at conditioning station is done. No leak. I also leak checked all vacuum seals on TM4 service cap. They are all good.

I did the helium pressure test on TM4 HS line at CS. Applied 70 psi helium  2 minutes. base leak rate0.0x E-9 atm.cc/sec.  No response during the test. No leak.

Helium pressure test HS line at CS with 70 psi for 2 minutes. Base  leak rate 0.0xE-9atm.cc/sec. No response. The line is leak tight.

I did a helium pressure test on TM2 HS water line at TCS. Leak detector base leak rate only could get to 1.8x e-8 atm.cc/sec at this moment. Applied 5 minutes 70psi helium on it. No leak has been found at this level. I connected water to this circuit after the test for weekend TM2 conditioning at TCS.

I will do another helium pressure test after the conditioning. The LD base leak rate should be 0.0Xe-9 atm.cc/sec at that time.

2016-08-29: LD Base leak rate 0.0xe-9atm.cc/sec.TM2 HS line helium pressure check again after conditioning. 70psi helium 5minutes. no response on LD. HS line is perfectly sealed.

LD base LR 0.0xE-9 atm.cc/sec , 80 psi helium 2 minutes on HS and window circuits. No leak. Also, the reinstalled(after rewiring job) TP2 and PNG1(steers) side panel have been leak checked. No leak.

These two lines are passed helium pressure test this morning. The LD base leak rate 0.0 X E-9 atm.cc/sec. The base pressure 0.0 X E-4 torr. Helium pressure 70 psi. applied helium to both line for 5minutes each. No response on LD during the test.

  I did helium pressure test on TM2 containment box window and HS line at TCS. @ 70psi helium  for 3 minutes, HS:2.2XE-7 atm.cc/sec., Window:1.2XE-7 atm.cc/sec. There is no change on HS. But LR on window is bigger than before that was in E -9atm.cc/sec range.  

LD  BLR :0.0 X E-9 atm.cc/sec. BP:0.0XE-4 torr. helium 70 psi. 3 minutes on each circuit

There is a smallleak HS which we did not see before. The HS is checked in SHC  with helium spray yesterday. We did not see the leak . We checked this HS line every time when new target was installed. So mostly, this small leak is from VCRs connected to new target. But, we can not confirm it.  Still this line will be checked on next new target. We should have a better understanding when checking next time.  Other line are almost same as we checked in last year November. I did not see essential change.

The attachment can not be opened for some reasons. Please check TM2 leak check  2017-03-13 e- log for last time test result and comment.

TM2 helium pressure test result at ITW. 70 psi helium 3 minutes on each circuit. LD base LR0.0XE-9atm.cc/sec  BP 0.0XE-4torr.  ITW IG1 1.22Xe-7 torr, ITW IG1S 1.31XE-7torr, ITW PNG4 2.66XE-6Torr(ITW TP4 off).

All number are getting better comparing to last time check. All ITW vacuum readings are very good. ITW PNG4 was in low E-7 torr range also. At present, it is in low E-6 range due to ITW TP4 switching off.  The TM2  water line seals  are stable and reliable for 2017 beam run. The same check will be repeated  in 2017 mini shut down.

LD base LR: 0.0 X E-9. Base pressure:0.0 X E-4. 70 psi helium. 5 minutes each circuit.

The bigger leak found on MSP before was gone. Leak rate are smaller on all circuits  comparing to before. 

The leak rate on 1 hour total lines test at 70 psi is better also which is 6.6 XE-8 atm.cc/sec this time. 

New UCx target is installed on the module. 70psi helium,3 minutes. NO response on LD.  LD is pumped to bottom LR and LP during test.