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2016/08/28 (Sunday)

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Setup: DIB1/2/3 → 3.2 MHz filters → nothing/disconnector board/remapping board → HVside2board → DCRC55(1)/50(3). Disconnector board has all charge lines disconnected.
DCRCs powered overnight. Not pumping on IVC.. Baked detector in grounded HV mode for 12 hours overnight, Tower at 0.33 K until 04:48.
1245 Tower/MC/Coldplate = 37.0/32.2/157 mK, Still = 1.40 K / 80 μbar, G1/G2 = 171/153 mbar, 1K Pot = 1.53 K / 4.5 mbar, MB = 64.8%. IVC=7.4 μbar.
1247 Fill LN2 cold trap full.
1259 DIB1PC baseline=-0.805V. Pulses look typical (i.e. not “peaky” as we expect to see from He film)
1306 Increase HV until pulses disappear at 38.7V. 59.3mV leakage.
Pulses+breakdown noise return after ~1 min.
Decrease HV to 31V where pulses look good and baseline = -0.794V, 44.1mV leakage.
Breakdown limit = 11.6 V
1320 Increase HV until pulses disappear at -32.8V. -53.0mV leakage.
Pulses+breakdown return noise after ~1 min.
Decrease HV to -19.9 V where pulses look good and baseline = -0.80V, -29.3mV leakage.
Breakdown limit = -7.0V
1325 Increase HV until pulses disappear at -41.1V. -63.0mV leakage.
Pulses+breakdown return noise after ~2 min.
Decrease HV to -33.2 V where pulses look good and baseline = -0.74V, -49.6mV leakage.
Breakdown limit = -11.4V
1343 Increase HV until pulses disappear at 46.7V. 74.3mV leakage.
Pulses+breakdown noise return after ~1 min.
Decrease HV to 38.5V where pulses look good and baseline = -0.752V, 54.6mV leakage.
Breakdown limit = 14.5 V
1352 Breakdown limits approximately the same or greater than observed yesterday and about the same as onFriday, the values for which were taken after 3 hours of data, so presumably similar conditions. Looks like any He in the IVC is not noticeably affecting Charge Breakdown.
1406 Stop circulation by closing V13B and opening V9, to start pumping mixture to dump. Close the 1K Pot needlevalve, speedivalve, and V4A to cease pumping on the 1K Pot. Close 1K Pot exhaust He recovery and turn yellow value from recovery to exhaust. Isolate and turn off He 4 pump. Turn on Mixing chamber heater to 20 mW. After a few minutes the tower temperature has already risen to 4.5 K.
1430 Turn on Still Heater to 10mW. MC temp = 6K. Tower temp = 4.5K. Begin pushing He gas through transfer port in order to boil off LHe in Main Bath, while being able to recover it. Thrifty and nifty.
1432 IVC pressure = 1.4μbar.
1436 Isolate Cold Trap 2 by closing V12B and Cold Trap 2 Speedivalve. After isolating Cold Trap 2, open V5 to begin pumping mixture out from both sides of fridge.
1437 G1 = 2.0mbar, G2 (Dump Pressure) = 784mbar and rising.
1545 Isolate dump by closing V9. Turn off He3 pump.

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