Time To Perform Task: 14min
TCSx: Chiller level was at "Max Level" & no water added.
TCSy: Chiller level was at 8.4cm & 1200 mL of water was added to [get] level to the "Max Level".
NOTE: I only removed the GRAY chiller cap for TCSy Chiller. I was not sure where/how to remove the mesh filter. Thomas later informed me we are supposed to remove the Chiller Cap "Panel" to gain access to this Mesh Filter. So there is a chance the level I filled to might be erroneous.
This is the first FAMIS task for the TCS chillers. TCSY was just given a marker on its water level last week (and by marker, I mean it's a ruler taped to the side of the water level). We had paper logs for these chillers on the chillers themselves, but they were never checked consistently. Enter FAMIS task. Hopefully, combined logs and consistent checks will give us quicker indicators of leaks and normal/expected water loss rates. So yeah, there is a bit of slop here that we are cleaning up :)
This seems like a large amount of water for TCSY. I have been keeping a close eye on the chillers, and the level for the Y chiller has been stable for the past few weeks. I only put the ruler on that chiller last week, so I can't say at what level it was at previously, but I would guess ~2cm below the max line. Either way, this warranted a leak check.
Jason and I walked the lines and checked on table to look for any hints of a leak and found nothing. Looking back at the chiller, the water level was a touch above max, and I could see that 1.2L could squeeze in there from the previous level. There seems to be no leak, that we could find, but we will continue to watch these chillers closely.
A couple of (maybe not so helpful) observations:
I think tightening up the procedure and sorting out the fill date tracking will help avoid confounding a leak with an accumulation of expected water loss in the future.