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2013/12/09

1020 IVC has been pumping out since Saturday and is currently at 4.6E-3 mbar.
1120 Commence leak check with background leak rate of 1.1E-9 mbar*l/s Leak check showed no significant change. No apparent leak, although the high IVC pressure is still worrisome. The villagers are fearful.
1510 Evacuate main bath and 1 K pot. Background helium leak rate 1.1E-9 mbar l/s. Overpressurise main bath with He-4 gas. Helium leak rate rises to 1.8E-8 mbar l/s. This is in line with what we've witnessed since changing the indium seals during recent maintenance, so should not affect us.
1530 Fill IVC with 1 mbar He-4 exchange gas. Commence nitrogen transfer.
1835 Mixing chamber temperature 109 K. Nitrogen liquid level meter resistance 1.322 kΩ: nitrogen transfer complete. Attach ping-pong ball.
2240 Mixing chamber temperature 77.6 K. Start pumping exchange gas out of IVC.