A major leak was found on the connection to the regulation valve on the He bottle. Ferrule replaced. System leak checked.

After He bottle: base 5E-6, no response to He spray

AfterSV1: base 5E-7, no response

After SV2: base 4E-7, no response

The system should now be operational. Gas lines were evacuated with the leak checker.

Archivers not running this morning. Started both ISACT and SOURCES

Thursday, August 16, 2012, 15:29: Turbos off

Thursday, August 16, 2012, 15:50 : Venting

There was a short between the gas line and the heat shield - as the gas line insulator was not tied to the heat shield. A Ta-wire was used to tie the gas line and keep it from touching the heat shield.

As per Ray Dube for the FEBIAD anode bias test. The PS will need to be reconnected before a target is run.

Thursday, August 16, 2012, 17:04 : Starting turbos

Thursday, August 16, 2012, 17:09 : TP1B at speed

Thursday, August 16, 2012, 17:13 : TP1A at speed (after 1 time out)

Thursday, August 16, 2012, 17:14 : Vacuum at 1.8E-5

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:10: Vacuum 2.1E-7

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:10: Stopped both turbos.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:20: Water purged.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:53: Venting

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:40: Replacing TMSRP2 with Edi. E-fault 6261.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:49: TMSRP2 replaced and started.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 11:38: NiO#1 installed.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 11:38: Started roughing. Both roughing pumps timed out.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 11:54: Roughing.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:12 : Starting turbos.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:16 : TP1B at speed.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:20 : TP1A timed out. Restarted.

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:20 : Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 2.5E-5

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:22: Vacuum at 2E-5

Friday, August 24, 2012, 08:26: Vacuum at 3.1E-7

The fuse for both roughing pumps blows when roughing the chamber. With the help from Edi: disconnect the exhaust port on the roughing pump for the first few hundred torrs of roughing. Reconnect and continue.

Seems the roughing pump RP1  pushes air towards the exhaust of RP2 which blows the fuse

Anders Mjos wrote:

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 11:38: NiO#1 installed. Thursday, August 23, 2012, 11:38: Started roughing. Both roughing pumps timed out. Thursday, August 23, 2012, 11:54: Roughing. Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:12 : Starting turbos. Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:16 : TP1B at speed. Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:20 : TP1A timed out. Restarted. Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:20 : Turbos at speed. Vacuum at 2.5E-5 Thursday, August 23, 2012, 12:22: Vacuum at 2E-5 Friday, August 24, 2012, 08:26: Vacuum at 3.1E-7

 Friday, August 24, 2012, 08:28: Opened water lines. No response in vacuum. Stable at 3.1E-7

Anders Mjos wrote:

Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:40: Replacing TMSRP2 with Edi. E-fault 6261. Thursday, August 23, 2012, 10:49: TMSRP2 replaced and started.

Edi will replace TMSRP2 again as it became noisy since yesterday morning. Vacuum should not be affected by the work.

Friday, August 31, 2012, 11:39: Stopped turbos.

Friday, August 31, 2012, 13:06: Venting.

Friday, August 31, 2012, 13:23: Water lines purged.

Friday, August 31, 2012, 13:25 : Vented

Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:19: roughing

Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:39 : starting turbos

Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:44 : TP1B at speed

Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:48 : TP1A timed out

Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:48 : TP1A restarted. at speed.

Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:49 : both turbos at speed. Vacuum @2.7E-5

Anders Mjos wrote:

Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:19: roughing Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:39 : starting turbos Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:44 : TP1B at speed Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:48 : TP1A timed out Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:48 : TP1A restarted. at speed. Friday, August 31, 2012, 15:49 : both turbos at speed. Vacuum @2.7E-5

 Tuesday, September 04, 2012, 08:10: Opened cooling water. Vacuum stable @ 2.2E-7

 See attached photo

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 08:01: Turbos off

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 13:35: Venting, water off and purged.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 13:55: Vented

Replaced swollen insulator and added Ta heat shield on insulator.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 17:03: Roughing

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 17:23 : Starting turbos

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 17:32 : Turbos at speed

Wednesday, September 12, 2012, 17:33 : Vacuum at 3.2E-5

Thursday, September 13, 2012, 08:16: Opened up cooling water. Vacuum (IG1) increased from 5.9E-7 to 6.2E-7 before returning to 5.9E-7. Similar response on IG6 (valve closed). Response is however similar to previous (short time ~5 min) vacuum fluctuations.

Target cooled down. Power supplies off.

Friday, September 14, 2012, 15:27: Turbos off.

Friday, September 14, 2012, 15:32: Water purged.

 Friday, September 14, 2012, 16:00: Venting

Friday, September 14, 2012, 16:26: Vented