Tony reported that the CO2Y laser had tripped off from a flow error and when he trended the flow it had been falling for ~12 hours (see his alog74560 and alog 74562). He had to add 4.5L of water to the chiller and after starting it back up and running for a bit, the flow seems to be stable. Tony walked the lines and did not see any signs of a leak. This concerning large amount of water definitely makes me think that there is a leak somewhere, so I've asked hom to check on the chiller level throughout the day and if it continues to drop then we may have to go on table or open up the chiller itself.
Trending a handful of different CO2 channels, I don't anything unusual before the flow started to go down. Once it started going down we see more change in the power, temp, and pzt as expected with a real reduced flow. We will need to keep a very close eye on this.
I took some pictures of my adventures!
The warning on the chiller it's self was the first thing I noticed.
The water level was WAT TOO LOW.
All of these areas were dry when I looked earlier today.
From the Chillers to the pipes on the mezzanine, dry.
across the Mez, and into the wall, dry
Out of the wall into the LVEA was dry.
The Cat walk over to the output arm was dry.
I took pictures of any of the places where elbows and inline devices/ adapters or other points of failure id expect.
All of those places were dry, and I didn't see any puddles.
I saw no sign of an active leak.
But, I still have not check the TCS ITMY CO2 LASER table for a leak on the inside.
Current Water Level now.
The flow rate seems to be steady now.
