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sebastien.biscans@LIGO.ORG - posted 17:28, Tuesday 10 September 2013 - last comment - 17:56, Wednesday 11 September 2013(7718)
Test Stand BSC-ISI Unit6 issue

Sebastien, Jim

We are currently testing the BSC-ISI unit #6 in the staging building. The 2 stages are unlock and balanced, everything seems to be well connected.

The power spectra show something wrong on GS13-V1 and GS13-V3 (see figure attached).

After further investigation, the issue seems to be 2 bad cables. They will be change tomorrow.

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sebastien.biscans@LIGO.ORG - 15:07, Wednesday 11 September 2013 (7731)

***UPDATE***

We tried a bunch of different tests today.

1. We swapped GS13-V2 (good signal) with GS13-V3 (bad signal). Now the GS13-V3 presents a good behavior: the issue doesn't seem to come from the sensor.

2. We swapped, one by one, all the cables between corner 2 and corner 3 (in-air cables, extensions, sensor cables). Those changes didn't affect the results observed: the issue doesn't seem to come from the cables.

3. We plugged the corner 3 GS13s into another feedthrough (L4C feedthrough). No changes: the issue doesn't seem to come from the feedthrough.

4. We swapped the electronics of GS13-V2 and GS13-V3. The issue follows the swap: it doesn't seem to come from the electronics.

 

Thus no conclusion so far. Please let us know if you have any input. We'll think about it and continue the tests tomorrow.

 

sebastien.biscans@LIGO.ORG - 17:56, Wednesday 11 September 2013 (7735)

Find attached a more graphical way to look at all the tests we have done so far.

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