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2013/02/02

1435 Cryocleaning stalled. Open valve V6 on IGH to 14.5%.
1500 Pump mixture into dump in preparation for cold trap cleaning.
1505 Fed Cricket 4 pellets.
1550 Isolate He-3 pump's exhaust line and dump. Pull nitrogen cold traps out of bath and open line to P3. Wait for traps to warm to room temperature and monitor pressure rise in P3.
1630 Pressure in P3 reads 260 mbar. Start He-4 pump to pump out nitrogen traps.
1640 Stop He-4 pump and commence first round of cleaning nitrogen cold traps.
1710 Pressure in P3 4 mbar after first round of cleaning nitrogen cold traps. Turn on He-4 pump to evacuate them. Cold traps do not appear to be too dirty, so shall combine rounds 2 & 3.
2020 Finish cleaning nitrogen and helium cold traps. Leave traps to pump out for about an hour.
2210 Stop pumping on cold traps. Place nitrogen cold traps back in their bath. Fill N2 cold trap full. Resume cryocleaning mixture through nitrogen cold trap 2.
2340 Insert helium cold trap in main bath.
Pump mixture into dump in preparation for condensation.
Start 1 K pot: temperature 1.58 K. Wait for helium level to stabilise in 1 K pot before adjusting needle valve.