Two minor chips in the main 60 kV insulators on the source tray was inspected today by Anders, Tom and Aurelia. The chips are small enough that they should not be a problem. See photos for details.

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 14:20: EE configured for conditioning. HV cage locked up

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 16:46: BIAS / EL / EE at 45 / 22.5 / 0 kV

Thursday, October 19, 2017, 17:16: 30 min without sparking. Lowering to 0. Continue conditioning tomorrow.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 08:22: Resuming HV conditioning

Friday, October 20, 2017, 08:44:  BIAS / EL / EE at 45 / 22.5 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 09:48: No sparking. Continue conditionoing

Friday, October 20, 2017, 10:40: BIAS / EL / EE at 50 / 22.5 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 11:30: HV spark (at 52.5 kV) tripped TP2 and TP1s resulting in IG1S and power supplies tripping.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 13:50: Gelo is troubleshooting flickering on/off of ANODE, TGHT and TBHT power supplies.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 13:51: BIAS / EL / EE at 50 / 25 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 14:26: BIAS / EL / EE at 55 / 28 / 0 kV

Friday, October 20, 2017, 14:37: TP2 tripped on spark

Friday, October 20, 2017, 14:51: Gelo has determined there is a communication problem with the PLC on the HV platform. Troubleshooting continues.

Friday, October 20, 2017, 19:02: Troubleshooting did not succeed. Not able to control power supplies. Troubleshooting continue on Monday.

Monday, October 23, 2017, 09:00: After starting the TCS again today communication has been reestablished. Started heater conditioning.

Monday, October 23, 2017, 14:03: Heater ramping previously aborted and ramp down started due to ongoing PLC communication issues. TGHT and TBHT power supplies tripped on timeout around 13:45. Gelo will continue the troubleshooting.

Monday, October 23, 2017, 19:55: Switching off source after operating for 5 hours without any communication glitches detected (fiber optic communication cables swapped between HV platform and BIAS/EZL PLCs)

On maintenance day Tuesday, the roughing of the target station could not go below 1.5 Torr. A brief troubleshooting on Tuesday was unsuccessful in determining the cause. Leak checking continued on Wednesday by David and Anders. A leak was finally found on the multi pin connector feedthrough due to the seal between the connector and flange on top of the nylon insulator. Upon re-tightening the connector, the leak could be stopped and the module pumped down to allow starting of turbo pumps.

 After extensive troubleshooting the communication fiber was found to be damaged and has been replaced by Gelo.

Thursday, November 09, 2017, 10:40: BIAS / EL to 30 / 15 kV. 400 uA on BIAS

Bias was stable for 1 hour. Handed over to RIB ops for heater conditioning.

 Dakine is on site to do maintenance on the chiller. The tech requested the chiller to operate.

The Source tray was inspected in the RH shop today by Anders, Friedhelm and Jens. The routing of the lines are satisfactory, however a design proposal to remove the ground electrode line will be made. This design will have to ensure a proper connection from the electrode to ground (using the window cooling lines). All other lines are OK at this point. Some fine adjustments are expected after brazing and soldering to maintain high voltage separation. Photos are available on DocuShare Collection-21401

The target hall crane has been powered down by Don today in preparation for the power shutdown over the Holidays.

Powered down mechanical pumps in ISAC-I Experimental hall, vacuum gauge and turbo pump controllers in ISAC-I B2 North Hot Cell service area

Stopped MP1 today in preparation for the power outage over the holidays. both P-25 and P-26 breakers have been switched off to prevent inadvertent start of system

Tuesday, January 02, 2018, 14:45: TP1S started

Tested all 3 compressors and MP2

TCS:IG1S is reporting vacuum levels that seem to be too low (1E-10 to 1E-8 Torr). The gauge was connected to the controller for IG1, which showed the same value. A degas was performed for ~5 min.

The old TM2 Source Tray from 2009 has been moved to Cyclotron basement this morning. Source tray was stored in location 9. The box was moved from the vault to the ante-room yesterday. No contamination was found on the box.

The old TM1 Source Tray from 2011 has been moved to Cyclotron basement this morning. Source tray was stored in location 10. The box was moved from the vault to the ante-room yesterday. No contamination was found on the box. Photos

TM disconnected by David and Yasmine Feb 8th

TM disconnected by David and Yasmine Feb 8th. One of the water couplings were leaking for a short while when disconnected. NCR 10836 submitted by Max

By Anders & David. Couplings will be taken apart for inspection.

Findings and photos from the inspections attached. The inspection was conducted by Anders, David and Maico.

Yesterday Aaron, Isaac and Anders inspected the EZL connection from the service chase to the optics tray using the goose neck camera in SHC. No issues or shorts could be identified. Containment box was not removed.

Today David and Anders opened up two panels on the service cap and inspected the EZL connection. No issues or shorts could be identified. Photos available on DocuShare.

Next step will likely be to remove the containment box and inspect the optics tray.