Scott L. Ed P. Rodney H.

7/6/15
Beginning this week we increased our crew size by one man. Rodney Haux previously worked for LIGO and has graciously agreed to return and assist with the beam tube cleaning.

Monday was spent relocating all equipment to Y-End where we will begin cleaning and moving toward the corner station. The lights were suspended and fans located for air movement. The crew started vacuuming support tubes and capping them as they were cleaned. 

The 1 ton truck was running extremely rough and it was discovered that the air box was 95% blocked with debris from mice. We were able to remove enough of the material to get the truck down there however, we may need a new air box as this one is very damaged with rodent excrement. I plan on picking up a new air filter today.

7/7/15
Cleaned 59 meters of tube including the bellows in those sections ending 10 meters east of HSW-2-096.

I recently purchased some cooling vest for the crew which seem to be working relatively well. The ice packs only last 3-4 hours at most and then need to be replaced with another set. The triple digit temperatures are taking a toll.