rahul.kumar@LIGO.ORG - posted 14:09, Thursday 15 May 2025 - last comment - 16:54, Thursday 15 May 2025(84412)
HAM1 ground loop checks done
Fil, Rahul
This morning we finished ground loop checks on HAM1 chamber, since Jim was done with final cabling work. The only grounding issues we found were in RM1 and PM1, hence we removed pin1 from the in-air cable (connecting Satamps).
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filiberto.clara@LIGO.ORG - 16:54, Thursday 15 May 2025 (84422)
D0902810 aLIGO SUS HAM 1-2 System Wiring T1200131 Grounding and Shielding at LIGO D1900511 ISC/SQZ Wiring Diagram
The following were checked for ground loops:
REFL_A LSC DC, cable ISC_221
REFL_B LSC DC, cable ISC_226
POP_A LSC DC, cable ISC_222
REFL_A WFS DC, cable ISC_223
REFL_B WFS DC, cable ISC_224
POP_X WFS DC, cable ISC_225
Picomotors, cable ISC_227
REFL Beam Diverter, cable ISC_314
POP Beam Diverter, cable ISC_315
RM1 Tip Tilt, cable ISC_HAM1_228
RM2 Tip Tilt, cable ISC_HAM1_229
PM1 Tip Tilt, cable ISC_HAM1_311
To get a good chamber ground connection, testing was done at the feedthroughs. Normally done at the ISC racks. Shorts found on RM1, PM1, and both beam diverters.
Beam diverters issue known, see alog 63589. No effort made to repair.
Rahul had tried adding Kapton on the RM1 OSEM. This method repaired the short last vent, alog 63589. Short still present. Pin 13 removed from connector at the SUS field rack
No attempt to remove short inside chamber for PM1. Rahul mentioned in-vacuum cables are dressed/tied down. Pin 13 removed from connector at the SUS field rack.
With suspensions in safe mode, the termination shielding was repaired on the following PM1 cables:
D0902810 aLIGO SUS HAM 1-2 System Wiring
T1200131 Grounding and Shielding at LIGO
D1900511 ISC/SQZ Wiring Diagram
The following were checked for ground loops:
To get a good chamber ground connection, testing was done at the feedthroughs. Normally done at the ISC racks. Shorts found on RM1, PM1, and both beam diverters.
With suspensions in safe mode, the termination shielding was repaired on the following PM1 cables:
F. Clara, R. Kumar