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2015/10/28 (Wednesday)

	Current setup: iZIP mode, DIB1/2/3 → cables → 3.2 MHz filters → DCRC55/33/50.
	Overnight: Taking Cf data. Last flash at 8:11. Tower temp stable between flashes.
0915	Tower/MC(H35)/MC sensor/Cold Plate = 31.1/27.0/41.4/153 mK, Still = 1.30 K / 0.11 mbar, G1/G2 = 125/135 mbar, 1K Pot = 1.69 K / 13 mbar, Main bath = 37.8%
0920	Fill LN2 cold trap Dewar.
	G2 up relative to G1. Is a trap impedance forming? It has been rising since about 2am.
0925	Put Soudan Cf source back in safe.
	We started this run circulating through LN cold trap 1 then switched on 2015/09/28 to cold trap 2. We never cleaned out Cold Trap 1 apparently.
0935	Remove Cold Trap 1 from Dewar to let warm. Top off LN in Dewar to compensate for removing Trap 1.
1111	Isolate 1K Pot from pumping by closing V4a. Let P2 pump down remaining He from 1K Pot, then close valve on He4 pump. Open V11a, V7, V2a, and V5a to allow dirt from Cold Trap 1 to P2. P2 reads 120mbar of dirt.
1112	Open valve on He4 pump to pump out dirt from Cold Trap 1.
1114	When P2 reads 0.2mbar, close V11a, V7, V2a, and V5a. 1K Pot has reached 2.55K, P1 = 0.18mbar, G1/G2 increased by ~40mbar, and tower temperature has increased by ~0.6mK.
1115	Open V4a to begin pumping on 1K Pot again. 1K pot temp begins falling, oscillates, then stabilizes back to previous value.
1118	Put Cold Trap 1 back in LN2 bath.
1131	Switch He4 pump from Exhaust back to Recovery.
1140	Following the procedure from the Run Manual, switch to circulating through Cold Trap 1. P1 increased to 40mbar while extracting remaining mixture from Cold Trap 2 through V11a and V8, but quickly declined back to usual levels.
1221	P1 back at 0.11mbar. Close V11b and V8.
1225	Place Ba source at back of fridge inside top most part of shield.
1228	Start 30min run of Ba data at -/+10V overshooting +Qbias (side 2) to 14V before starting data, FG=5/2/5, OG=3, 1000 initial randoms, 2000 events/file, 30s flash and 25min cooldown after. Use phonon trigger thresholds from last Wednesday
	Rate drops to ~2Hz, so raise all phonon trigger thresholds by 20 ADC bins each:

	A	B	C	D
DIB1	56	60	62	60
DIB2	44	38	40	48
DIB3	60	66	78	68

1330	Main bath = 31.6%
1345	Start LHe transfer at 30.9%
1427	End LHe transfer at 90.9%
1431	Start 30min run of Ba data at +/-10V overshooting +Qbias (side 1) to 14V before starting data, FG=5/2/5, OG=3, 1000 initial randoms, 2000 events/file, 30s flash and 25min cooldown after. Use phonon trigger thresholds listed above.
1633	Remove Ba source and place back in safe.
1635	Place Cf source inside shield near detector for overnight Cf data.
1640	Return phonon thresholds to Wednesday's values:

	A	B	C	D
DIB1	36	40	42	40
DIB2	24	18	20	28
DIB3	40	46	58	48

1641	Start 16 cycles of 30min runs of Cf data at -/+2V, FG=5/2/5, OG=3, 1000 initial randoms, 2000 events/file, 30s flash and 25min cooldown after.