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2013/06/20

930 Turned on leak checker. IVC pressure 1.0E-4 mbar.
1018 IVC pressure 8.6E-5 mbar. Opened leak checker to IVC. Isolated turbo pump.
1034 Ran a leak check. Background was 2.7E-9 mbar l/s.
Flange on T-junction closest to the E-box (the same culprit from previous leak tests) rose the leak rate up to 5E-7 mbar l/s.
1040 Opened turbo pump to the IVC and closed leak checker.
1045 Opened leak checker to the IVC and closed turbo pump.
1050 Began another leak check. Background leak rate at 5.3E-9 mbar l/s. Testing the flange on T-junction closest to E-box, the leak rate rose to 8.8E-7 mbar l/s is less than 30 seconds.
1110 Filled the IVC with nitrogran fill gas.
1200 Took out the O-ring on the flange that was leaking (T-junction closest to E-box), and replaced it with a new O-ring. It seems the rubber part of the old O-ring is very loose fitting
The inner (closer to the central axis) part of the flange on the T-junction appears to be smoothed a bit. However, since the other side seems to have kept a sharp right angle, this may not pose as big of a problem.
Turned around the metal hose that touches the T-junction on the E-box side. That is, the two metal flanges are now lined up with a different metal flange.
1400 Put all the gaskets back together, resealed the E-box, and began pumping out the IVC with the scroll pump.
1437 Pressure in the IVC dropped to 8.6E-2 mbar. Opened the turbo pump and closed the scroll pump.
1900 Hooked up the turbo pump to the dewar and began pumping it out over night.