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 After extensive troubleshooting the communication fiber was found to be damaged and has been replaced by Gelo.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

Anders Mjos wrote:

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.

The containment box was removed yesterday. One of the main insulators on the source tray had cracked at the rear close to the bolt to the source tray mounting plate (see photos using link above)

Troubleshooting continued this morning with disconnection of the optics tray from the module. The banana plug copper tube connection was removed form the optics tray side. With the connection removed, the measurement showed open line on top of the module indicating that the problem is on the optics tray

BIAS only. Water lines looped on top. Containment box off.

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 11:20: Vacuum 7.2E-7 Torr

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 11:30: 10 kV

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 11:42: 20 kV

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 12:14: 25 kV

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 12:35: 30 kV

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 16:13: 35 kV

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 17:339: 37.5 kV

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 17:40: vacuum 6.8E-7 Torr

Thursday, May 17, 2018, 18:13: BIAS off.