Tuesday, December 18, 2012, ~ 13:00 start ramping the TGHT current, vacuum at 1.7E-7T

Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 15:56: @ 250A, target is glowing, center block is cooler (can be inspected with a new hole in the heatshield lid), thermocouple is reading 224C, which is definitely colder than the temp from visual insepection, reading may be corrupted from contact to Heatschield

Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 23:11: target at 600A(593A/7.35V Panel reading), vacuum was up to 1.7E-6T, now 1.34E-6T. temperature reading was 405C which is quite away from glowing. Nevertheless, the center block of the target is visibly colder than the legs, while the center support is still way colder then the block. Thermocouple readback removed from HV cage. since the is a short cut the target (thermocouple?) the RFQ can be biased to 18V for suppression. everything locked up and stat HV test.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 00:14: target at 600A(593A/7.35V Panel reading), vacuum at 8.5E-7T, first HV test done, up to 30kV some occasional sparks. RFQ (1MHz , 40Vpp) without bias--> no signal, RFQ -9V biased --> 1.5E-11 on TMS:FC0

Wednesday, December 19, 2012, 01:17 : vacuum at7.7E-7T, start cooling down, was ~ 2.5h at max current.