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2017/11/06 (Monday)

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Status: Warming up last couple of days. All mixture recovered to dump. 1K Pot needle valve open. LHe boiled off but currently recovery valves are still open. There are still contaminants in Trap 1 and in the fridge. Pumping out cryostat vacuum jacket overnight.
0855 MC(Cernox) = 281.2 K.
0900 Turbo pump = 30 nbar, pumping on cryostat vacuum jacket. Stop pumping out vacuum jacket.
0905 Close valve from main bath to He recovery system.
0910 Open LN2 Trap 1 to G1. 101 mbar of contaminant gas. Pump out with scroll pump.
0925 Open LHe Trap to G1 by opening V1. 20 mbar of contaminants. Pump out with scroll pump.
0930 Open condenser to G1. About 3 mbar of contaminants. Also open still line to G1. No increase. Pump out with scroll pump.
1115 IVC = 8.6 mbar
1145 Let 1 bar N2 gas into IVC.
1150 MC(Cernox) = 279.3 K. (Looks lower than this morning but only because I changed the resistance scale on the LakeShore bridge.)
1300 Lower main bath into pit

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