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2010/12/14

0920 The leak check was on 'twin flow low' and the leak level was at 2.3E-5cc/s. Enabled 'twin flow high' and the background drops to 5e-7cc/s with the pumping station connected.
0930 He background in IVC is still very high. May need to use N2 flush the IVC. There must be a lot of gases trapped.
0955 Spray He around the possible leak at the middle In seal.
1128 Isolate leak checker, He background 5.2E-7cc/s. The leak checker is contaminated by He
1133 Set 'Vent: at STOP' and then start regeneration to reduce the He background.
1142 Fill N2 cold trap full
1422 Flush IVC with N2 to reduce He background. Fill IVC to 100mbar N2.
1435 Leak level reached <1E-12cc/s after flushing with pumping station on
1509 IVC BG 1E-7cc/s. Flush with N2 again. Fill to 100mbar
1514 pump to 0.1mbar and fill to 100mbar again
1522 Connect the pumping station
1732 Sniffing test again. He background in the room 3.7E-5cc/s