| 0010 | IVC has been pumped out for around three hours, which really isn't enough. It would be best to wait until morning before performing a leak check. Additionally, pumping on the mixing chamber lines in the fridge overnight would be prudent: the traps can always be cleaned tomorrow while conducting a quick electrical check. |
| | Fill N2 cold trap full in an effort to minimise contamination entering dump. |
| 0025 | Went around IVC 4 times tightening bottom flange. |
| 0035 | Hook up helium dewar to recovery line. |
| 1015 | Filled LN2 cold trap full. |
| 1030 | Fed Cricket 4 pellets. |
| 1210 | Mixture in dump (G2=715.6 mbar), began cleaning cold traps. |
| 1250 | Performed leak check. Background rate: 1.2E-9mbar l/s. Leak rate: 1.46E-9 -1.59E-9 mbar l/s. No leak found. |
| 1300 | Isolate leak checker and resume evacuating IVC with turbo pump. |
| | Pull helium cold trap out of port and pump on it with He-4 pump. Continue to pump on nitrogen cold traps. |
| 1315 | Commence cleaning of cold traps. |
| 1340 | Quick electrical check yields little difference between today's values and those taken yesterday. |
| 1700 | Stop evacuating traps. Place helium cold trap back in position. Place nitrogen cold traps back in their bath. Start cryocleaning mixture through nitrogen cold trap 2. |
| | Raise dewar and evacuate main bath. |
| 1715 | Open valve to leak checker and isolate turbo pump. Background helium leak rate in IVC 1.4E-9 mbar l/s. Fill IVC with helium gas, leak rate gradually increases to 1.8E-9 mbar l/s: no gross leak. |
| 1725 | Evacuate 1 K pot. |
| | Fill IVC with 46 mbar of nitrogen exchange gas. |
| 1730 | Start nitrogen transfer. |
| 1841 | Fed Cricket 4 pellets. |
| 2005 | Nitrogen liquid level meter resistance 1.32 kΩ. Nitrogen transfer complete. Attach ping-pong ball. |
| 2300 | Fill N2 cold trap full. |