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2015/02/17

1050 Commence leak checking IVC in preparation for LN2 blowout. Current background leak rate at 3.4E-9 mbarL/s. Commence blowout.
1100 Leak rate spikes to 4.0E-9 mbarL/s, but settles back to 3.4E-9 mbarL/s.
1200 Finish LN2 blowout. Leak rate gradually rose to 4.2E-9 mbarL/s.
1250 Isolate scroll pump from P2. Open Cold Trap 2 to P2. 190mbar accumulated in P2. Cold Trap 1 did not cause a rise in P2. Open pump and commence pumping on cold traps as they warm.
1300 Commence cleaning both LN2 cold traps.
1330 Finish round of cold trap cleaning.
1400 Flush main bath with He gas.
1430 G2 at 1.5mbar. Attempt to pump out before attaching cryopump. Cannot pump out G2. Indicates issue with pressure sensor instead of actual pressure.
1455 P1=0.32 mbar, G1=0.5 mbar, G2=6.8 mbar. Insert cryopump into LHe. Open dump valve and G2 rises to 596 mbar and stabilizes, slowly dropping to 591 mbar. Pull cryopump out of dewar (to neck), and slowly open cryopump valve. G2 initially drops to 579 but then rises and stabilizes to 586 mbar.
1515 Close 13A and open 12A and 5 (commence pumping on cryopump); G2 rises to 646 quickly then continues increasing at a slower rate. Remove cryopump from dewar with G2=666 mbar and G1=12 mbar. Allow cryopump to warm to room temperature.
1610 G1=0.8, P1=0.34 mbar, G2=666 mbar. Start cryocleaning.
1640 Stop cryocleaning and pump to dump.
1645 G1=22.4 mbar, G2=671 mbar, P1=20 ubar.
1655 Start cryocleaning.
1730 Stop cryocleaning. Pump to dump.
1800 P1=16 ubar, G1=0.4 mbar, G2=671 mbar.
1837 Close manual valves on dump. Close all valves.