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Message ID: 865     Entry time: Thursday, March 25, 2021, 08:11
Author: Aaron Schmidt 
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Subject: Test Stand Tripped. (Water leak) 

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.

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