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LHO VE
kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 10:44, Monday 28 November 2016 - last comment - 13:41, Monday 28 November 2016(31903)
~1005 - 1010 hrs. local -> Kyle in and out of LVEA -> reduced variac output for PT180 bake 
Had doubted what I had been told last week by an INFICON service tech. that our gauge could only tolerate 80C bake when the external electronics were removed.  I was able to confirm this in INFICON's published Operating Manual BAYARD-ALPERT PIRANI GAUGE tina46e1-a (2010-03) which also specifies this 80C limit even when the external electronics are removed (why?)-> I don't see anything in the materials exposed to vacuum list that would explain this low temperature limitation so I sent them an email requesting that they confirm.
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kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - 12:02, Monday 28 November 2016 (31913)
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Todd S. from INFICON responded to my email request and confirmed the 80C bake temp. limit even in the absence of the external electronics - > OK, fair enough.
chandra.romel@LIGO.ORG - 13:41, Monday 28 November 2016 (31918)
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A follow up email from company tells us that there is a build-in calibration board at the sensor.

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