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janos.csizmazia@LIGO.ORG - posted 18:15, Wednesday 02 April 2025 (83713)
2025 April vent - VAC diary
Today's activities:

- HAM1 was vented, the bolts of both the Y+ and Y- doors have been taken off (besides 4 bolts/door, see aLog 83704), in preparation for removing one of the doors tomorrow
- After the installation of a faulty gauge on HAM6, today it was replaced with a functional one (same type), leak checked, and found OK. No further pumping on this gauge, it will be valved together with the corner during the pumpdown
- Some leak checking was done, in detail:
 - BSC8: Y- X- side flanges (3 pcs.)
 - BSC2: Y+ X- side flanges (3 pcs.)
 - HAM4: X- door flanges (5 pcs.)
 - HAM5: X- door flanges (5 pcs.); top flanges - and adjacent sub-flanges (3 pcs.); X+ door flanges (5 pcs.)
 - HAM6: X- door flanges (5 pcs.); top flanges - and adjacent sub-flanges (2 pcs. - the turbo will be replaced later, so no leak check there); Y- door flanges (3 pcs.); X+ door flanges (5 pcs.)
 - HAM4-HAM5 spool piece: Y- side X- and top flanges (6 pcs.); top flanges (4 pcs.); Y+ side X- and bottom flanges (4 pcs.); vent valve (1 pc.); IP3 and IP4 flanges (2 pcs.). This spool piece is now complete, as other flanges have been leak-tight verified earlier according to aLog 45415