UMN CDMS Wiki archive
start › cdms › k100 › run_diary › 20201020

2020/10/20 (Tuesday)

Previous Day

  • Lab in-person: Ruiren, later Matt
  • Virtual partner: Matt, later Zach
Setup Run 73. DIB 1/3/4 → Stripline 43/48/41 → pi-filters 1/2/3 → Cable 3/1/2 → nothing/nothing/accessory_interposer → HV_Conn 1/3/2 → HV 1/2 → DCRCX(4)/DCRC55(1)-master; DCRC33(2) → HV control. DCRCs on. Lead/poly shield erected (4 lead walls, 2 poly walls).
0830 Ruiren temperature = 36.6C
0900 Ruiren enters lab
0900 Tower/MC/Coldplate = 95.4/32.2/196 mK, Still = 1.49 K / 0.120 mbar / 0 mW, G1/G2= 237/212 mbar, 1K Pot = 1.63 K / 20±2 mbar.
0900 refill lN2 cold trap dewar
0930 Did some troubleshooting of HV problem. Adjusting DCRC2qI from 11.6 to 0V, HV supply varies from 0 to -0.4V, should be 0 to +500V. Will look at this more closely later.
0945 Ruiren leaves lab
1230 Matt enters lab
1300 Disconnect external-control leads from back of Kepco power supply (HV supply). Try dialing up voltage. HV does not go up, stays around 0.4 V. Looks like the power supply is dead.
1320 Matt leaves lab

Next Day