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2014/08/06

1010 After pumping mixing chamber and cold traps overnight, G2=624.0 mbar and G1=0.01 mbar. Close V6 and prepare to clean cold traps.
1025 Close gate valve and all valves on IGH before opening 11A, 11B, 7, 2A, 5A to begin cleaning LN2 coldtraps. Remove coldtraps from dewar and all to reach room temperature.
1115 First round cold trap cleaning finished.
1210 Second round of cold trap cleaning finished.
1340 Isolate cold traps, close all valves on IGH. G2=625.2 mbar.
1400 Filled LN2 cold trap full.
1410 Began cryocleaning mixture.
1414 Fed Fishy McGee.
1510 Finish cryocleaning mixture. Pump mixture to dump.
1530 Begin leak checking IVC. Background leak rate of 8.3E-10 mbar*L/s.
1545 G2 at 619.7mbar, G1 at 0.5mbar, P1 at 12ubar. Commence throughput test.
1620 With G2 at 623.5 mbar throughput test performed with a resulting rate of 6 mbar/min. This is of course awful when compared to the ideal ~45 mbar/min, but typical of recent throughput tests performed on our fridge. Leak rate of 7.8E-10 mbar*L/s during throughput test, suggesting no leak in mixing chamber lines. Commence pumping mixture to dump to perform throughput test again to confirm results.
1700 With G2 at 618.6 mbar, G1 at 0.3 mbar and P1 at 9 ubar, throughput test performed with resulting rate of slightly less than 7 mbar/min. Background leak rate of 7.4E-10 mbar*L/s, leak rate remained constant throughout test except for a spike to 7.6E-10 mbar*L/s and back down around when V1 was opened. This does not seem to be a significant indication of a leak. Switch back to pumping on IVC with turbopump. Commence pumping mixture back to dump.
1715 G2 at 618.8 mbar, G1 at 0.5 mbar, P1 at 12 ubar. Close gate valve and condenser line Speedivalve.
1725 Commence cryocleaning through cold trap 2.