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2023/01/24 (Tuesday)

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  • Lab in-personnel: Zach, Himangshu, Carson
Status Run 77 preparation
Setup DCRC33(2)→HV control, NaI trigger signal → DCRCX(4)
IVC closed and Turbo pumping for a while. No tower - this was just for a leak test.
1045 Check contents of warm LN2 Trap 1: 8.9 mbar. Pump it out with the scroll pump.
1053 G1 = 2.1 mbar and stable, stop pumping on trap 1.
1055 Check contents of warm LN2 Trap 2: 3.0 mbar. Pump it out with the scroll pump.
1100 G1 = 1.7 mbar and stable, stop pumping on trap 2.
1102 Insert cold trap 1 into the LN2 bath, fill with LN2.
1107 Begin cryocleaning mixture through cold trap 1.
1112 Open V6 to 12.2% to start flow
1126 Open V6 to 12.5% to restart flow, then go back down to 12.2% so that the flow is not too large.
1221 Open V6 to 12.6% to restart flow
1300 Open V6 to 12.7% to restart flow, then go back down to 12.5% so that the flow is not too large
1305 Stop cryocleaning through LN2 trap 1, pump mixture to dump.
1315 G1 = 1.3 mbar and stable, close all valves, leaving 717.1 mbar in the dump
Barometric pressure = 30.06“ (source is https://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KMSP.html.) G2 = 717.1 mbar. Corrected dump pressure = 721.8 mbar

Ptrue[mbar] = Pdisplay[mbar] + ( Pbar[inHg] - 29.92 ) * 33.86

1338 Turn of 3He pump, pull cold trap 1 out of the LN2 bath.
1415 Place cold trap 2 into the LN2 bath, turn on the 3He pump
1420 Begin cryocleaning through cold trap 2
1423 Open V6 to 12.4% to start flow
1432 Open V6 to 12.6% to restart flow, then go back down to 12.5% so that the flow is not too large.
1455 Open V6 to 12.7% to restart flow, then go back down to 12.4% so that the flow is not too large.
1410 Started Tower Installation.
1545 Completed installaing shields for the 100mK Can. Attach Outer first, then inner shield piece. We use medium-sized screws for the heatsinks outer screw-holes, longer screws for inner screwholes of heatsinks and short screws for other screwholes to complete the 100mK shield.
1547 Attached 600mK rod.
1635 Stop cryocleaning through LN2 trap 2, pump mixture to dump.
1655 G1 = 1.5 mbar and stable, close all valves, leaving 723.4 mbar in the dump
1702 Stop 3He pump and pull cold trap 2 out of the LN2 bath
1715 After plugging Squet ZC-31 into the tower we saw squid D open and feedback A open, after investigating it seems to be the interposer board was not tight enough
The interposer board does not have a perfectly flush connection, so it can connect to the squet at different angles depending on how you push it, changing the angle seemed to sometimes fix the connection issue but it is fragile
Throughput test procedure is written in this /cdms/k100/run_diary/20220318

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