J. Kissel, for F. Clara, and R. McCarthy

After investigating further, Richard and Filiberto found that source of failure in the chassis was the mysterious loss of the +18 V power supply to the ESD driver chassis between rack power strip and the the back of the chassis. This was confirmed after disconnecting, to find the positive leg without continuity. However, after "pulling the cable apart" to find the source of the discontinuity, he was not able to reproduce it. After reassembling the cable, and restoring the connection, the driver came alive again. Further vigorous attempts to recreate the disconnect were unsuccessful. It appears the gremlins inside the driver chassis are creeping there way out to the power supply.

This 18V power cable came with the ESD driver from Strathclyde, so Richard plans to replace it with one commercially made in house.

As soon as I get the arm from fellow commissioners trying to finish gathering data for her thesis, I'll try to grab the data I'd originally set out to get this morning.