Reports until 19:29, Thursday 18 July 2024
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janos.csizmazia@LIGO.ORG - posted 19:29, Thursday 18 July 2024 (79230)
7-18 vent vacuum diary
Today's activities:
- The purge air dew point was measured at the purge port: (9:15 am) -42.5 deg C
- The relay tube was vented with Nitrogen, and was taken off: at the HAM5 side, the dog leg stayed, and at HAM7, one bellows was left there
- The HAM5/HAM6 annulus system was vented with Nitrogen, the AIPs have been turned off
- HAM5+X, HAM5-X, HAM6+X doors have been removed. Both HAM5 doors' inner O-ring are needed to be replaced, as they are damaged and worn out
- IP19 was valved out at the top of HAM7
- HAM7 was vented, but all doors are staying in place for now
- The pressures outside the corner have been stabilized now, and consistently dropping

The pressures:
- Corner, HAM7: atmosphere
- Y-manifold: 3E-8 Torr
- CP1: 3.9E-9 Torr
- CP2: 5.3E-9 Torr