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2018/01/04 (Thursday)

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Status: stopped circulation yesterday. Fridge lines connected to dump. LN2 trap pumped out to dump. 1K Pot needle valve open.
1000 Tower/1K Pot/Sorb = 1.9/>7/10.3 K, G1(fridge) = 249 mbar, MB = -0.2%. Tower temperature and fridge pressure rising.
1010 Remove Traps 1 and 2 from LN2 bath to let them warm up.
1010 Turn on MC heater and Still heater to 20 mW each. Tower temperature rising.
1015 Close V4 and V14 to isolate dump. V1 and V3 open. Trapping the mixture in the fridge while heating. Fridge pressure at G1 rising.
1025 Tower = 3.37 K, Fridge (G1) = 488 mbar, both rising quickly. Sorb has fallen to 5.2 K.
1035 Tower = 3.96 K, Fridge (G1) = 890 mbar. Open V4 for a minute to relieve some pressure from fridge to dump, then close again. Tower temperature and fridge pressure both drop.
1040 Tower = 3.5 K, Fridge (G1) = 450 mbar
1100 Tower = 4.08 K, Fridge (G1) = 945 mbar. Open V4 for a minute to relieve some pressure from fridge to dump, then close again. Tower temperature and fridge pressure both drop.
1100 Tower = 3.7 K, Fridge (G1) = 635 mbar
1110 MC(Cernox) = 5.27 K, Fridge (G1) = 737 mbar, both leveling out
1150 MC(Cernox) = 5.39 K, Fridge (G1) = 804 mbar, Sorb = 7.6 K, all flat
1155 Start pumping fridge to dump, V6 = 13.0%. MC temperature falls a little.
1300 MC(Cernox)/Sorb = 5.42/7.7 K, both pretty flat. Dump(G2) = 702.2 mbar, nearly flat. Fridge(G1) = 55 mbar, pretty flat.
1305 Open V6 to 100%. Fridge(G1) falls further. P1 (still) was maxed out but now falls into readable range. Dump(G2) pressure goes up a bit too.
1305 Stop MIDAS programs and disconnect power from DCRCs.
1330 MC(Cernox)/Sorb = 5.47/8.0 K. Dump(G2) = 719.8 mbar, rising slowly. Fridge(G1) = 0.6 mbar, flat.
This is the same amount of mixture we got out in Run 65.
1352 Close Still gate valve at top of fridge and Condenser speedivalve. Close V1, V3, V6.
1358 Close V9, turn He3 pump off. G2 falls quickly, 590.5 mbar. G1 = 1.1 mbar. MC(Cernox)/Sorb = 5.47/8.1 K.
1400 Turn off Still & MC heaters.
1405 MC(Cernox)/Sorb = 5.2 and falling/8.2 K. G1/G2 = 1.3/590.1 mbar.

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