The locations (ports) for the RGA and CG1S was swapped today by Anders and Isaac to provide clearance for the North Hot Cell ventilation. Attached photos show old and new locations.

Water cooling is performed manually with CP1. RGA is ON since yesterday. EE is not connected and in conditioning mode.

Friday, August 12, 2016, 10:43: BIAS at 10 kV, EL at 0.5 kV. IG1 at 1.8E-6 T

 Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:04: BIAS at 20 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:10: Sparking at 21 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:29: BIAS at 22 kV. Many small sparks/current excursions.

Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:32 : BIAS at 23 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:37: BIAS at 24 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:43: BIAS at 25 kV. Heavy sparking. Lowered to 24 kV to reduce spark rate.

Friday, August 12, 2016, 11:52: Increased sparking rate. Lowered to 23 kV.

Friday, August 12, 2016, 12:05: Lowered to 20 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 12:21: Back to 23 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 12:28: Heavy sparking between 23 and 24 kV. Lowered to 22 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 12:29: More sparking. Lowered to 21 kV.

Friday, August 12, 2016, 13:02: Increased back up to ~25 kV while Aurelia was listening for sparks in the Target Hall.

Friday, August 12, 2016, 13:03: EL to 10 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 13:06: BIAS / EL to 23 / 12.5 kV

Friday, August 12, 2016, 13:34: Repeated sparking at 24.5 kV. Ramping down

Friday, August 12, 2016, 15:33: Stopped water package. RGA off

Anders Mjos wrote:

Anders Mjos wrote: Plant Services group (Tony) will contact a service tech on Monday. Water system will be switched off over the weekend. Thursday, July 14, 2016, 13:24: Claus from Daikin is on site to troubleshoot. The VFD driven fan motor has failed. Temporarily blocked air-flow through failed fan to improve air-flow to radiator. A new motor will be ordered (Curtis). Thursday, July 14, 2016, 15:39: Stopped cooling system for the day Friday, July 15, 2016, 08:16: Cooling system started Friday, July 15, 2016, 15:00; Cooling system stopped.

 Thursday, August 18, 2016, 10:34: The motor was replaced today by Claus from Daikin. System is running normally again.

 The target was inspected by Anders and Chad. The target was in good condition as can be seen on the photos on DocuShare. Only minor accumulation of material on the EE.

Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 14:42: RGA on

Wednesday, August 24, 2016, 20:27: IG2 and IG1S on. Checked on water system.

Conditioning by ISAC operations. Water flow tripped power supplies after a few hours of conditioning at 580 / 230 A and 30 kV. See operations e-log for details.

Tuesday, September 12, 2016, 10:00: RGA on

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 13:52: Source on

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 13:55: BIAS / EL at 10 / 5 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 13:59: BIAS / EL at 18 / 9 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 14:06: BIAS / EL at 20 / 10 kV. Minor sparking

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 14:25: Sparking at about 1 spark/min for the last 10 min

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 15:38: ~10 sparks for the last 60 min.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 15:41: BIAS / EL 22 / 11 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 15:57: Heavy sparking at 24 kV. Lowered to 21 kV. EL at 12.5 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 16:00: BIAS / EL at 22 / 12.5 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 16:05: Trip on resistivity caused by spark

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 16:07: BIAS / EL at 10 / 5 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 16:14: BIAS / EL at 20 / 10 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 16:25: BIAS / EL at 22 / 11 kV

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 17:00: Sparking at about 1 spark/min for the last 30 min

Tuesday, September 13, 2016, 17:02: Source off.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 08:22: BIAS / EL at 20 / 10 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 08:33: BIAS / EL at 22 / 11 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 08:35: Trip on resistivity caused by spark

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 08:38: BIAS / EL at 20 / 10 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 08:41: BIAS / EL at 21.5 / 11 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 08:45: BIAS / EL at 22 / 11 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 09:06: Sparking at about 1 spark/min for the last 20 min

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:17: Sparking rate somewhat reduced. BIAS / EL at 23 / 11 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:23: BIAS / EL at 24 / 12 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:31: BIAS / EL at 25 / 12 kV.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:32: Trip on resistivity caused by spark

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:36: BIAS / EL at 20 / 10 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:40: BIAS / EL at 23 / 12 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:51: BIAS / EL at 24 / 12 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 10:57: BIAS / EL at 25 / 12 kV

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 11:01: Heavy sparking at 25 kV (>15 /min). Trip on resistivity caused by spark

Wednesday, September 14, 2016, 11:10: RGA off.

Conditioning by ISAC operations

Saturday, September 24, 2016, 11:15: RGA on for heater conditioning. (kept off during HV conditioning)

Sunday, September 25, 2016, 07:44: TGHT and TBHT voltage jumps during heater ramping. Likely contact between target and heat shield. Contacted ISAC operations and asked to abort ramping at current values. TGHT/TBHT 500 /270 A

Monday, September 26, 2016, 08:22: ISAC operations resuming ramping to 550 A. Corrected TGHT voltage at ISAC TS was ~6.2 V at 580 A. Expected voltage at TCS would then be 6.2 + (3.4+2.9)E-3*580 = 9.9 V. Limit set at 9.5 V.

Monday, September 26, 2016, 09:09: Increased TGHT voltage limit to 9.6 V to allow it to reach 550 A.

Monday, September 26, 2016, 10:17: Voltage limit increased to 10.2 V which allowed the current to go to 575 A

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 08:08: Conditioning complete. Ran at 575 / 270 A and 47 kV for about 1 hour. Conditioned cold to 49 kV.

 The HV enclosure and module connections were inspected by David and Anders on Wednesday 19th in an attempt to find any HV problems causing the high leakage current. One cable was cable tied to a copper conductor in the chase. Some small pieces of loose material were removed. No obvious problems could be detected.

During target removal on Wednesday October 12th, the left target heater conductor bolt (ITD0058) could not be removed. The bolt was found to be stuck in the threads (keensert) of the TGHT conductor block (ITA0583). In the process of attempting to remove the bolt, the conductor insulator (ITD0054) cracked (ref assy ITD0052). To allow increased torque to be applied and support the conductor block, a clamping jig (ITD0612) was designed and fabricated. The jig was assembled and it's function tested on the ISAC Test Stand on Friday 14th. On Monday 17th the bolt could be removed using the clamping jig and a socket wrench with an extended handle.

The threads on the removed bolt was damaged. A new set of bolts were therefore prepared and a tap was run through the keensert to restore the threads. The threads in the conductor block was tested and found to be OK using a new bolt.

The spent target could now be removed. Unfortunately the right manipulator failed during installation of a new conductor insulator, which forced the repair of the insulator and installation of the new target (SiC#35) to be postponed until the manipulator can be repaired.

Photos are available on DocuShare

Thursday, November 24, 2016, 09:33: Water package on

Thursday, November 24, 2016, 09:43: TCS:WPV1 shows only 12% open. A visual inspection confirms the valve is fully opened. Controls will be contacted to troubleshoot

 Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 11:37: RGA on

Wednesday, March 29, 2017, 13:51: Water package on

Thursday, March 30, 2017, 08:50: Restarted chiller. OP3 fault on both VFDs.

Thursday, March 30, 2017, 10:18: Roughing

Thursday, March 30, 2017, 16:02: Configured EE to conditioning mode. All power supplies for SIS operation was checked to be working earlier.

Thursday, March 30, 2017, 16:06: BIAS / EL 10 / 5 kV and 0.02 / 0.04 mA

Thursday, March 30, 2017, 16:10: BIAS / EL210 / 10 kV and 0.03 / 0.06 mA

Thursday, March 30, 2017, 16:11: IG1 at 7.8E-7 T, IG2 at 2.3E-6 T

Thursday, March 30, 2017, 16:21: No sparking. Ramping down for the day

Friday, March 31, 2017, 08:32: BIAS / EL 20 / 10 kV and 0.03 / 0.06 mA

Friday, March 31, 2017, 08:32: IG1 at 4.2E-7 T, IG2 at 1.4E-6 T

Friday, March 31, 2017, 08:45: BIAS / EL 25 / 12.5 kV and 0.04 / 0.08 mA. Some minor vacuum responses around 24 kV

Friday, March 31, 2017, 10:03: BIAS current was limiting at 26 kV after EPICS restart. Updated limit

Friday, March 31, 2017, 10:10: BIAS / EL 30 / 15 kV and 0.04 / 0.09 mA. Vacuum and current responses when increasing BIAS.

Friday, March 31, 2017, 10:54: BIAS / EL 35 / 17.5 kV and 0.05 / 0.10 mA.

Friday, March 31, 2017, 11:24: BIAS / EL 40/ 20 kV and 0.05 / 0.11 mA.

Friday, March 31, 2017, 11:43: BIAS / EL 45/ 22.5 kV and 0.06 / 0.13 mA.

 Friday, March 31, 2017, 13:47: No sparks for ~90 min. Ramping down HV

Friday, March 31, 2017, 13:58: Starting auto-ramping heaters to 100 / 100 A at 1 A/min. Good/bad vacuum at 3E-6 and 5E-6 T on IG2. EE to 1500 V

Friday, March 31, 2017, 14:03: BIAS / EL / EE at 30 / 15 / 1.5 kV and 0.04 / 0.09 / 1.5 mA

Saturday, April 01, 2017, 10:58: Continue auto-ramping to 440 A / 200 A.

Saturday, April 01, 2017, 17:17: IG1 / IG2 to 1.7E-6 and 3.6E-6 T at 440 A. Reduced manually to 430 A to limit outgassing.

Saturday, April 01, 2017, 18:03: Discovered TP2 had tripped off. Likely causing "increased outgassing" above.

Saturday, April 01, 2017, 18:12: TP2 back at speed.

Saturday, April 01, 2017, 23:25 : TP2 fault from spark. Restarting. Ramping down heaters.

Sunday, April 02, 2017, 06:45: Found source to be tripped on water flow TGHT at around 1:15 am. Vacuum and water flow otherwise ok. Set source to 0. To be investigated Monday. 

Monday, April 03, 2017, 11:05: The paddle wheel on the TGHT line was not turning this morning. After running water through a bypass an reconnecting to the module, flow was restored, but it appeared to be at a relatively low rate.

Monday, April 03, 2017, 12:00: BIAS / EL / EE at 30 / 15 / 1.5 kV and 0.03 / 0.09 / 1.5 mA

Monday, April 03, 2017, 12:18: Tested TGHT / TBHT to 20 / 10 A.

Monday, April 03, 2017, 12:18: Increased EE to 2 kV and 2.0 mA

Installation by Marshall. Dave M from controls adjusted circuitry to get TCS:MP1 to start.

Work is being done in preparation for the Module Move Ventilation SAS project

 Thursday, April 13, 2017, 11:43: Water package started.

TCS:MP1 was tripping of intermittently yesterday. It was found by Dave Morris that the current sensor was not set correctly causing the pump on status to flicker at times. Dave adjusted the settings yesterday. The system should be operational and is currently running normally.

 Neil Wong will fix this leak tomorrow Friday.  See attached schematics for location.

Chad and Anders inspected the test target in the hot cell today. The lid had been previously removed.

• The EE looked to have performed well. 
• A piece of Ta foil was found inside the heat shield. It is not clear if this has been there during operation or if it entered the heat shield while in the hot cell. The foil has markings which indicate that it has seen heat.
• Travis measured 40 MOhm at 500V between heat shield and anode after the target was removed.

Photos are available on DocuShare

NEW HV cable for BIAS installed earlier this week.

Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 16:42: BIAS at 20 kV

Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 16:46: BIAS at 30 kV, EZL at 15 kV

Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 17:00: BIAS at 35 kV, EZL at 17.5 kV

The voltage response on TBHT and TGHT changed as the target was heated up. This was later determined to be due to target shorting to heat shield and the grounding of the power supplies being achieved at the HV pedestal in the target hall and not in the HV enclosure as is done online. When this was changed, the target operated normally again.

The target was inspected by Chad and Anders. Photos are available on DocuShare. It was noticed that the target tube heater terminals had lifted up from the insulator on the target assembly as seen in this Photo. This has later been detemined to be from the assembly, where additional clearance was required and achieved by installing washers.

 John Chow configured TCS to cathode bias mode (IRH1538). The anode P/S is in positive mode.

The target hall has been locked-out as per Document-70039.

Forced IG1, IG1S and IG2 to switch on BIAS power supply

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 11:53: 70 kV at 0.16 mA

2 sparks observed shortly after 70 kV was reached

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 12:59: No sparks for the last hour.

BIAS power supply off. Forces removed.