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LHO FMCS
michael.rodruck@LIGO.ORG - posted 12:32, Friday 06 May 2011 (791)
Vacuum pressure spikes

There were three pressure spikes in the y-arm beam tube last week, on 4/28, 4/29, and 5/1. It's hard to tell if the pressure is coming back down, but it is currently about twice as high as it was 2 weeks ago. Kyle is aware of this - there is a small leak, and the spikes are due to the ion pump voltages increasing to pump out the leak.

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