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2011/01/26

1100 Fill cold trap full
Tower temperature 77.8 K
1235 Tower temperature 77.6 K
Electrical check
1300 Pump out N2 exchange gas
1400 Stop cryocleaning mixture; pump mixture into dump
1440 Throughput test yields 5 mbar/min: mixture might not be clean; pump mixture into dump
1500 Attempt to cryoclean again
1600 Stop evacuating IVC at pressure 1.6E-6 mbar
Background He leak level 6E-9 mbar l/s
Stop cryocleaning mixture; pump mixture into dump
1725 Throughput test yields no improvement. Perhaps cold trap 2 is dirty. Let's try cold trap 1.
1755 Start cryocleaning mixture through cold trap 1
1915 Stop cryocleaning mixture; pump mixture into dump
1940 Throughput test yields no improvement
2325 Perhaps nitrogen cold traps and/or helium cold trap are dirty: Clean nitrogen cold trap 1 first!
Currently open valves: Gate and speedivalves on fridge; V1 to condenser line; V5 to connect condenser line to pump; V6 to connect pumping line to pump; V9 to connect pump exhaust to dump.
Most of the mixture has been pumped into the dump over the last couple of hours. Open V12a & V12b to pump on nitrogen cold traps while valves V13a & V13b are closed. When G1 reads 0.0 mbar, close V12a & V12b. Open V11a and V8 to pump remnants of mixture into dump. P1 rises to 0.9 mbar before falling again to its equilibrium of 0.012 mbar.