kyle.ryan@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:25, Tuesday 10 September 2019 - last comment - 15:13, Tuesday 10 September 2019(51854)
Continued preparations in the LVEA for the upcoming Turbo Station installations
For this week's Tuesday, 4-hour maintenance break, I cut-to-length, dressed and terminated the individual wires with the correct crimp sockets on the turbo-end of the signal cable for the Vertex Turbo Station and then installed the CPC connector. I also cored a hole in the LVEA floor and installed the sole remaining (4th of 4) threaded adhesive anchors for the Vertex Turbo Station. Prior to the coring operation, I had to use the portable band saw to cut/remove a section of the existing Turbo's support stand weldment so as to provide clearance for the coring drill head,
I was informed by Jeff K. that an earthquake had occurred and that quiet TOO work would be allowed in the LVEA for ~2 hours -> As such, I was able to finish the turbo-end connector of the XBM's signal cable this afternoon.