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2012/01/26

0005 Finished third clean-out. No improvement over last one: pressure in P2 6.5 mbar.
0030 Finished fourth clean-out. Pressure in P2 4.5 mbar.
Valve 12A leaks, so open valve 2 on IGH. Leave traps to pump out overnight.
1225 Mixing chamber temperature 78 K. Start pumping exchange gas out of IVC.
Fill N2 cold trap full.
Stop pumping on nitrogen cold traps. Start cryocleaning mixture through nitrogen cold trap 2.
1445 Electrical check at 77 K: no problems.
1500 77 K resistance check of thermometers: MC: 2255 Ω, Cold Plate: 2315 Ω, Still: 2292 Ω
Pressure in IVC: 1.9E-6 mbar
1530 Begin blow-out of LN2; Background leak rate for IVC: 5.4E-9 mbar l/s
1645 End blow-out of LN2; Note leak rate: 1.1E-8 mbar l/s
1740 Pressure in main bath after evacuation is 0.026 mbar: no residual liquid nitrogen in main bath.
Pump mixture into dump in preparation for throughput test.
1840 First throughput test yields 30 mbar/min. Second throughput test yields 49 mbar/min. Pump mixture into dump.
Background helium leak rate 1.0E-8 mbar l/s. No change during throughput test.
2120 Fill IVC with 0.01 mbar He-4 exchange gas.
Start first liquid helium transfer.
2335 Stop first liquid helium transfer. Liquid helium level 70.7%.
2345 Fill N2 cold trap full.
Start cryocleaning mixture through nitrogen cold trap 2.