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jason.oberling@LIGO.ORG - posted 09:52, Tuesday 13 August 2019 (51240)
PSL PMC & RefCav Beam Alignment Tweak and Power Watchdog Reset (FAMIS 10723)

This morning I tweaked the beam alignment into the PMC and the FSS RefCav; all work was done with the ISS OFF.  Summary of changes in the below table (reported with ISS ON):

  PMC Trans (W) RefCav TPD (V)
Old 53.4 2.04
New 53.6 2.14

As can be seen, not much was gained in either case.  This likely comes down to slight mode changes in the laser, either through changes in pump diode current/temp or PSL enclosure environment.  On the other hand, slight mode changes in the laser do not explain the large drop in the RefCav TPD; we have seen in the past large swings in the TPD as weather systems move through the area.  As we did just have a storm system move through over this last weekend, and the RefCav TPD saw a large drop over said weekend (but had been on a downward trend anyway), I'll monitor the PMC and RefCav this week and see how they settle out with some stable weather; if things don't improve then next week will likely need an enclosure incursion to address the RefCav drop (as was done at the end of May).

I also reset both PSL power watchdogs at 16:50 UTC (9:50 PDT), completing FAMIS 10723.

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