Yesterday I swapped in new He/Ne laser with output power 3.5 mW  The return spot on qpd is large ~6mm in diameter and 20,500 counts

The spot size reduction require similar layout as ETMX oplev.

New self checking emergency back up lights were installed at 13 locations in the 40m lab.

 The PMC  behavior is not changed.

3 strip charts monitoring on 24 hours time scale: Vac,  PSL-IFO,  SUS and 10 channel video monitoring inside - outside  of 40m lab

IOO Angle & IOO Position QPDs centered.

 The oplev path is relayed and the spot size on the qpd is reduced. I still have to clean up and replace "Miki Mouse" lens holder.

There was no IP-ANG coming out of the chamber at this time!

 Jenne and Steve

Sony CCD in place needs alignment and ND filter

 PMC trend of 400 and 1200 days

The Innolight 2W based PSL- IOO was implemented in the ~ summer of 2010

 Mike P swapped in a new network router Linksys E1000

 As of February 23, 2012 when oplev PIT and YAW transfer functions were taken

What not to do:

The PRM oplev servo was left on and it was driving this oscillation overnight.

 I noticed that the ion pump was turned off.

It was turned ON. It showed 0.00 microA at 5kV  The current display is not sensitive enough. There must be some small outgassing or leak. It adds up if we stop pumping.

We want to keep the reference cavity in pristine condition. It required the ion pump running all times.

 Air conditioning maintenance is scheduled for tomorrow from 8 to 11am

 Oplev servo turned off and sus damping restored. What is kicking up the PRM?

Rana, Steve,

 Late entry for Monday morning June 4, 2012

Cables were stress relieved. Cable entry - exit ports enlarged. Air gaps were minimized.

 The PRM oscillation stopped by turnig off oplev servo.

Do not turn Oplev Servo on when PRM is missaligned !

 Jeff checked and  replaced filters  as needed. Job completed this morning.

 40m - pumpdown 71- maglev pumping speed - at day 276........all normal

 The PMC was locked and the MC followed intantly

 PRM oplev servo was turned on with PITgain 0.5  and YAWgain  -0.7

Note: gain settings were PIT  1.0  and  YAW --0.5   on Jun 1, 2012 that I measured Feb 23, 2012

 It is still oscillating. Gains turned down to zero.

The MC_ IDC 64 pin cables from sat. amplifiers to junction-interface-board towards  whitening - dewhitening at the back of rack 1 X 5 are finally  clamped with

All other sus cables of the same kind have the correct short latch arm to lock them in for reliable contact.

There is a small wood cabinet under the south end flow bench, labeled STACIS.

Unit is complete with extension cards and cables.

The south end flow bench HEPA filter should be run all times. You can turn it off for a measurement or two but remember we are storing clean optics there.

The zero count bench will reach  room particle count  ~ 10,000 in one minute.

Masha, Eric, Yaakov, Liz and Sasha received 40m specific basic safety training.

I was notified by CIT Utilities that there was a power surge or short power outage this after noon.

Lab conditions are normal:  c1ioo is down.  The south arm AC was off......I turned it back on.

             CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

                 FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

                 UTILITY & SERVICE INTERRUPTION

**PLEASE POST**

Building:         CAMPUS

Date:             Saturday, June 23, 2012

Time:             3:46 P.M.

Interruption:     Electrical Power Disturbance

Contact:          Tom Brennan, x-625-395-4984    

*The City of Pasadena Water & Power Department had a 34,000-volt line event on Saturday June 23 at 3:46 p.m.  This caused a city wide disturbance on the power grid.  The Campus did not lose electrical power.  However, the disturbance may have affected sensitive electronic equipment.

(If there is a problem with this Interruption, please notify the Service Center X-4717 or the above Contact as soon as possible.

If no response is received we will proceed with the interruption.)

                        Jerry Thompson,

                        Interim Director of Campus Operations & Maintenance

 Steve, Yuta and Jamie

Jam nuts were checked and oplev servos were turned off. Sus summery is below with strain gauge values. Are the strain gauge values have any meaning when the PZT contorrels are off??????????????????

 The 4 hrs vent plot at 3 torr/min rate.

Nitrogen was used from 1e-6 torr to 35 torr  at intake pressure 14 PSI

The rest was filled with 5 cylinders of Instrument Grade Air at intake pressure 14 PSI

We can start opening chamber at 3 pm today

  We could set up a simple pick  off after the Faraday  and bring it  out the north window of IOO chamber. No monitor needed, just take the cover off when you want to see it.

Most people have no idea how to get the MC through the F

Vacuum Normal State is reached in 9 hours.  CC1 =  2e-5 Torr

Aux dry pump #3 is still running.  The RGA is not pumped yet.

Why do we have these timing blanks?

 I'm looking for some movement indicators of the vent-pump down events.

 I can not understand what really happened here with CC1 gauge or there was really a pressure glitch.

attachment 1,  pump down day 3 with 4th of July fireworks in the lab

attachment 2,  before and after vent in 9 days

phone: 626-395-2465

TP2  dry_pump was changed at intake pressure 982 mTorr at 84,889 hrs  This seal hold up for one year.

The rebuilt  pump seal performing well at 28 mTorr

Our cold cathode 423 gauges are 10 years old. They get insulated by age and show no ionization current.  We should replace them at the next vent. I'm buying 4 at $317ea

The PMC was locking right the way, but it's transmission would not go up.  Finally I get it back up by moving the "sticky" DC Gain slider up and down a few times.

 We have two CC1 gauges at the pump spool. One is in vertical position and the spare is in horizontal. Today I switched the cable from vertical to horizontal CC1

This one is reading higher pressure. It is an old dirty gauge. It may trigger the RGA protection when it's reading goes above 1e-5 torr

The real pressure is 2e-6 torr

 cc1h spikes closed VM1 last night. VM1 is opened.

SOS optics prepared to be hanged are moved from the South Flow Bench to S15 Clean Cabinet.

SRMU 03 (1-25-2010) specification summery E080460-05-D,  older vintage SRM 01 and PRM 02 (need more specification)

There was one  NOT MARKED SOS with two broken magnets on its face. This is labeled ???

This was done to prepare clean space for TIP-TILT drive- test set up.

The existing cable from 1X5 can reach only to the south end:  from whitening filter to satelite amp.  This will be good for future test of suspensions.

We need to make new cable from 1 X 1 to the south end = 40m long

 Earthquake test our suspensions            PRM damping restored.             Oplev servo gains turned to zero.

 The power outage did not have any effect on the vacuum system.  I had to open VM1 to the RGA because of flaky CC1 cold cathode gauge fluctuations.

We are running on the vertically positioned CC1 again.

Note: rga scans with closed VM1 are back ground scans.

The SRM oplev beam is clipping.

 Sanwiched wall as shown: 1" clear acrylic, 2 layers of 0.004" thick "window tint", 1 layer of  0.007" thermashield and  0.125" yellow acrylic

Visibility: 70 %,    Transmission of 1064 nm  2-3 % at 0-50 degrees incident  power density 0.7 W/mm2

Max power 100 mW

Caltech security called me at 1am Sunday. Control room emergency exit door was found unlocked!

It is your responsibility to lock door if you unlocked it !