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2015/05/01

0030 Mixing chamber temperature 79.5 K. Start pumping out IVC.
overnight, MC fell to 80 K around 0030
0835 Turbo pump has been pumping on IVC overnight. Pumping pressure 7.4e-6 mbar (with pump valved out, IVC pressure 1.2e-4 mbar). MC 79K, Sorb 120K, Still 81K
0855 Leak detector on IVC, bkg 33 e-9mbarL/s
0928 LD 39 e-9mbarL/s. Start pressurizing main bath to blow out LN
0937 MB pressure: G3 = 352 mbar relative, dial gauge near recovery system reads 2 PSI
1000 LD 45 e-9mbarL/s. First bomb dewar full of LN.
1005 Dump pressure 792.8 mbar on G2, Pbar 30.075 “Hg, corrected dump pressure 798.0 mbar.
1018 LD 47 e-9mbarL/s. G3 drops - blowout finished.
1040 LD bkg 50 e-9mbarL/s, performed pump&flush of MB. LD dropped to 48 e-9mbarL/s (thus no leak). Pumped out 1K Pot.
1048 Warmed and pumped out cold traps.
1100 Pump IVC with turbo. Pumping pressure 1e-5 mbar.
1100 80K Resistance checks complete, with the following problems:
DIB1 : Qi bias and Qo bias to QET returns read 26 nS. (This suggests a short bypassing the crystal.) QET D bias & return are shorted to chassis at about 10 MΩ.
DIB2 : QET A bias and return shorted to chassis at about 260 kΩ. QET bias B shorted to chassis at about 2 MΩ.
1110 Filled cold traps with LN
1150 Begin cryocleaning mixture.
1300 Cease cryocleaning and commence pumping mixture to dump.
1336 Conduct 80 K throughput test, with result of 70 mbar/min in G1. No change in leak rate from 2.8E-8 mbarL/s. Pump mixture to dump.
1400 Conduct 80 K throughput test, with result of 65 mbar/min in G1. No change in leak rate from 2.8E-8 mbarL/s. Pump mixture to dump.
1422 Commence LN2 transfer to keep fridge cold over weekend without wasting He.