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john.worden@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:42, Monday 05 October 2015 (22242)
HAM6 Pumpdowns

The attached plot shows 2 pumpdowns of the HAM6 chamber. The first is in April and the second in July.

In both cases the duration with rotating pumps is about 8 days. In an attempt to speed the crossover to the ion pump a larger power supply was used in the July pumpdown - this did allow an earlier transition to the ion pump. However, the vent time was longer and perhaps accounted for the same overall time on the turbo pump.

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