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2023/10/28 (Saturday)

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  • Lab in-personnel: Himangshu
Status Run 78 beginning, initial LHe transfer yesterday, mixture in fridge with 3He pump off
1330 MC(Cernox)/Sorb/1K Pot = 4.83/8.9/6.97 K, G1/G2 = 536/479 mbar, MB = 39%
1330 Fill LN2 cold trap bath
Yesterday before leaving P2 was creeping up, now it is maxed out at 1000 mbar, maybe there is a small leak somewhere?
1340 Turbo on IVC = 10 nbar. With Turbo valve out for 1 minute IVC = 160 nbar
1345 Pump out line leading to 1K Pot with scroll pump (V4a open, 1kpot speedivalve closed). Then switch the line over to the 4He pump. Turn on 4He pump and make sure the pump exhaust is connected to recovery and open valve to recovery lines.
1359 Check pressure in 1K Pot by opening the 1kpot speedivalve with V4a closed: Mechanical gauge = 0.33 bar.
1402 Pump out 1K Pot by slowly opening V4a then the manual valve at the 4He pump until it just starts to make noise, once it quiets down somewhat open it up a little more. continue this until the valve is fully open. Once P2 below 0.1, close V4A and manual valve at the pump . We will open 1K pot on Monday. Doing 2nd day of He transfer only.
1404 MC(Cernox)/Sorb/MC(H35) = 4.84/5.8/4.85, 1K Pot = 4.02 K / 0.60 mbar. G1 (fridge+dump) = 535 mbar.
1420 Prepare for LHe trasnfer. Open cmd prompt, goto cd C:\Users\spa-k100lab\Desktop and type python cam_snapshots.py. Make sure that cam_snapshots folder is empty. Get the He dewar.
1445 Begin LHe transfer @ MB = 38.6%
1520 End LHe transfer @ MB = 86.8%
To stop the camera, press q on the command prompt window. If it doesnot respond, you can do Ctrl+C

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