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2010/12/16

1404 Electrical check at 77K.

<note> Electrical check results are here </note>

1406 Pump mixture into dump, pump out exchange gas
1437 Pumping station connected, IVC He BG 1.5E-9cc/s
1445 Open V1, gate valve, and condenser line speedivalve to pump the fridge.
1455 Throughput test: ~30mbar/min. No leak found at BG 3.1E-8cc/s.
1458 Open V5, v6 to pump mixture into dump
1510
1618 Fill N2 cold trap full
1638 G3 starts to fall. Liquid N2 is about drained.
1651 Stop the He gas. No leak found during the blowing out.
IGH G3 during the N2 blow out
Leak signal during blowing out
1659 Start pumping the bath
1701 Leak level jumped up when switching the exchange gas hose from N2 to He
G3 when pumping the bath
Leak signal while pumping the bath
1711 Fill the bath with He gas. No leak found when filling He gas.
G3 when filling He gas
Leak signal when filling He gas
1715 Evacuate and isolate 1K pot
1718 Evacuate exchange gas line
1723 4.6 mbar He exchange gas in hose → 0.14 mbar in IVC
Pump He transfer stick
1807 Stop pumping He transfer stick.
1950 Start to pump out He exchange gas at 6K
1953 MC temperature hits 4.2 K. Should pump the exchange gas a bit earlier.

<note important> Pump the He exchange gas at 10K may be better</note>

2131 Pump exchange gas over night