Lot's of water visually present in the chamber.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021, 13:17: Water lines purged.
Vent & wipe out the water inside the chamber. Setup a fan to aid in drying. Manually purge the water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust.
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 08:06: Gradually open each line to check the water blocks & fittings for a visual leak. Open the ballast plug on RP1, as well as manually purge the water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust again.
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 08:34: Leak found on FS#3 - Left Coil return (G) water block.
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 09:15: FEBIAD assembly & L-Coil line removed.
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 11:38: Re-connect RP1 to the exhaust port & re-insert the ballast plug.
Thursday, March 25, 2021, 11:40: RP1 Ok. CG1A & CG1 B around 0.048T & dropping. Chamber still open.
Indium gasket installed on G, C-Seal on E.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 08:21: Roughing.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:08: Vacuum @ 2.001 T. Opened FS#3 waterline. Quick test.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:11: Vacuum @ 1.901 T. No observable spike on CG1.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:12: Close FS#3 & purge
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:27: Quickly open ballast plug.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:30: Re-insert plug.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:38: CG1 @ 2.253 T.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:41: Close BV1A & B.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:45: Manually purge water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:51: Re-open BV1A & B.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:17: Close BV1A & B. Manually purge water from the RP1 Scroll pump through the exhaust.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:26: Close the exhaust & give the pump time to recover.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 10:36: Briefly vent the chamber to 30 T. Re-open BV1A & B.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:20: Vacuum @ 1.706T. Open FS#3. Allow to fill with water, then close off. No observable spike on CG1.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:25: Opened ballast cap. Close BV1A & B.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:26: Close ballast.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 11:29: Briefly vent the chamber to 30 T. Re-open BV1A & B.
Friday, March 26, 2021, 12:11: Vacuum @ 2.75T. Close BV1A & B. Vent chamber to setup a fan.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:00: LD & He attached. LD#2 as supplied via Vacuum group.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:01: Sniffer set. Leak Rate @ 2.0E-07 to 2.3E-07 atm-cc/sec
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:03: Pressurize (E)(G) to 75 PSI.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:05: No major spike seen on LD.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:06: Pressurize (E)(G) to 100 PSI.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:09: No major spike seen on LD. Purge He from the lines.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:12: Roughing.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:22: Opened ballast cap to release water vapour while roughing.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 09:42: Closed the ballast cap. Purge cycle RP1 on & off for the next hour or so.
To purge cycle RP1 for water vapour. Close BV1A & B. Disconnect exhaust line from RP1 & open the upper ballast. Close PV1, Vent with TSG:VV1A till the line reaches atmosphere with dry nitrogen.
Close VV1 & open PV1. Water should spew out of the exhaust. Rough the backing lines down. Open BV1A & B to rough then chamber. Repeat leaving the upper ballast open.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 14:00: Purge RP1. Close upper ballast, re-connect exhaust.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 14:36: TP1B on.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 19:47: TP1A on.
Monday, March 29, 2021, 19:55: IG1 on.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 08:52: Vacuum @ 4.48e-06T.
LD to TP1B base @ 1.4E-08 to 1.9E-08 atm-cc/sec.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 08:58: He @ 55 PSI
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:04: LD to TP1B base @ 2.4E-08 atm-cc/sec.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:12: Reconnect FS#3 to DI.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:14: Opened FS#3 w/ DI
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:20: Vacuum @ 4.40e-06T.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:33: FS#2, 4, & 5 open. Vacuum ok @ 4.40e-06T
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:34: Power/sources on.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 09:37: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 200 / 100 A @ 2 A per min.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 12:12: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 350 / 125 A @ 2 A per min.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 13:50: Vacuum @ 4.66e-06T. Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 450 / 150 A @ 2 A per min.
Tuesday, March 30, 2021, 21:59: Vacuum @ 5.01e-06T. TGHT / TBHT @ 393 / 150 A. Reset Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 550 / 200 A @ 2 A per min.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:46: IV4 opened. Optics & HV power switched on.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:52: HV check ok. Optics reset. BIAS / EE / EZL @ 1 / 0.1 / 1 kV. Coil @ 4 A. Anode @ 100 V
Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 11:54: Optics remain on. HV & coil back to 0. Ready to run once the Vacuum returns to a reasonable level. Vacuum @ 5.45e-06T.
Wednesday, March 31, 2021, 15:05: Auto-ramping TGHT / TBHT to 580 / 270 A @ 2 A per min. |