| 1230 | Fill LN2 cold trap full. |
| 1330 | Commence pumping on IVC with turbo pump. |
| 1705 | Add about ~500 mbar He into IVC. |
| 1715 | Purge and flush the main bath. Isolate the IVC and turn off turbo pump. |
| 1750 | Commence LN2 transfer. |
| 1830 | Commence pumping on the fridge lines with the turbo pump through V2A, V5A, V7, V2, V3, V1, gate valve and condenser line speedivalve. |
| 2100 | Nitrogen level meter reads 1.32 kΩ. Nitrogen transfer complete. Attach ping-pong ball. |
| | Mixing chamber temperature 77.6 K. Leave exchange gas in fridge to ensure close-to-uniform temperature gradient. |