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ID Date Author Target/No.# Source Station Module Target Oven W.O# Heat Shield W.O# Status Subject Text Attachments
  644   Thursday, March 08, 2018, 17:47 Carla Babcock       Change of electronics on target and tube power suppliesThe resistor/varistor combinations across
the target + / -, tube + / - and target-
/ tube + have been remade and moved to the
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  643   Tuesday, March 06, 2018, 10:55 Carla Babcock       Trying HV without electronicsI have removed the resistor/varistor combinations
that go between the poles of the target and
tube heaters, and between those two supplies.
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  642   Thursday, March 01, 2018, 10:05 Carla Babcock       HV tests with corona discharge problems solvedTurning up bias, no corona discharge at
60kV but a spark at 61.5kV bias, 31kV EZL,
-800V EE
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  641   Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 11:50 Aaron Schmidt       HV Test NpNew parts installed. Corona Shield, brackets,
and board/spark gap orientation.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018, 11:48:
 2018_HV_test_Np.docx 
  640   Monday, February 26, 2018, 09:13 Carla Babcock       Running list of changes to the ISAC test stand for >60kV operation1. Al corona shield installed over end
of the HV duct to suppress discharges from
the sharp edge of the duct.
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  639   Friday, February 23, 2018, 08:50 Aaron Schmidt       New Al Corona Friday, February 23, 2018, 08:50    
  638   Tuesday, February 20, 2018, 09:04 Carla Babcock       Trying HV with rubber corona shieldTuesday, February 20, 2018, 09:01: Sparks
at 62.5kV after a couple minutes. Sounds
like they were in the EE spark gap but don't
  
  637   Monday, February 19, 2018, 14:01 Carla Babcock       Attempts to get to higher voltages, summarized.The test stand holds up to 63kV, however
at voltages over 54kV there are small discharges,
rising to a continuous level around 60kV.
  
  636   Monday, February 19, 2018, 08:30 Carla Babcock       TMSTP6 offFound TMSTP6 off, restarted it, seems fine
now (drawing 0.8A)
  
  635   Friday, February 16, 2018, 15:21 Carla Babcock       Cleaned HV cage - trying bias againI vacuumed inside the HV cage, though it
has many small areas that are difficult to
access so I am not sure how great a job I
  
  634   Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 16:47 Carla Babcock       Ramping to 63kV - some sparksSparks at 62kV on the bias.
Turned it down, turned it back up
and got a spark at 60kV.
  
  633   Tuesday, February 13, 2018, 12:17 Carla Babcock       Ramping up bias to 60kV with conditioning station supplyRamped up to 60kV with the new power supply,
same as what we did last time with the standard
test stand bias supply (see entry #627 ).
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  632   Friday, February 09, 2018, 08:57 Carla Babcock       TSGBIASSAFETY ok interlockFriday, February 09, 2018, 08:25   
Disconnected the AC power chain from the
old bias supply but now cannot turn on the
  
  631   Thursday, February 08, 2018, 16:54 Carla Babcock       EZL strange behaviourThursday, February 08, 2018, 16:54
Testing the HV bias I found that
the einzel lens was behaving strangely. When
  
  630   Thursday, February 08, 2018, 14:44 Carla Babcock      DoneConditioning station power supply integrated into EPICSThe 75kV power supply is now in EPICS under
the usual TSG:BIAS controls. The upper limit
has been set to 70kV to protect the transformer.
  
  629   Wednesday, February 07, 2018, 08:46 Aaron Schmidt       BIAS Power supply installationWednesday, February 07, 2018, 08:40: A
75 kV Glassman power supply was installed
in the rack for use in further HV testing.
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  628   Monday, February 05, 2018, 09:17 Aaron Schmidt      Problems/SolutionsEpics lossMonday, February 05, 2018, 09:10: the epics
program was in 'White-out'. Turbo pumps tripped.
Unplug, re-plug PLC.
  
  627   Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 12:58 Aaron Schmidt LP-SIS  (Blank)42752-3In progressHV test 4Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 12:53: Power/sources
on.
Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 12:58:
 2018_HV_test_4.docx 
  626   Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 09:53 Aaron Schmidt    (Blank)42752-3DoneWire moved.Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 09:50: A wire
(B - F) was too close (Almost touching) to
the EZL and had visible sparks during HV
  
  625   Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 06:51 Aaron Schmidt LP-SIS  (Blank)42752-3DoneHV test 3Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 06:50: BIAS
/ EZL / EE @ 30 / 13 / 1.5
Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 06:52:
 2018_HV_test_3.docx 
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