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H1 PEM
ryan.crouch@LIGO.ORG - posted 13:09, Monday 12 January 2026 (88737)
Quarterly Dust Monitor testing FAMIS

Closes FAMIS#27662, previous check in alog84918. No new issues with any dust monitors.

**PSL Anteroom and Laser Room will be done at a later date when going in there is required for other tasks by Ryan Short.**

For the CS dust monitors.


LVEA: 

HAM1 / LVEA5: On the +Y side of the HAM1 CR. Passed the zero count on the first round, and the flow was 2.8. PASS

HAM1: An additional spare DM on the -Y side of the HAM1 CR. Passed the zero count on the first round, the flow was a bit high at 3.0 so I adjusted it down to 2.8. PASS

HAM7 / LVEA6: Passed the zero count on the first round, and the flow was 2.8. PASS

Biergarten / LVEA10: Passed the zero count on the first round, and the flow was 2.8. PASS

DR: This DM was frozen when I got to it. Passed the zero count on the second round (first round had 2 cts of 0.3 um), and the flow was 2.8. PASS

Optics Lab: Passed the zero count on the first round, and the flow was 2.8. PASS

VPW: Passed the zero count on the second round (first round had 1 ct of 0.3 um), and the flow was 2.8. PASS

CER:

All the old grey HHPC handheld dust monitors in various states of degradation, none of them can take a full sample on power or battery without dying. I've removed the last one of this model I found in the CER and added it to collection of the other broken ones.

I tested the last spare GT521s left in the CER as well which I had borrowed from the FCES (s/n R16420). It passed the zero count test on the 2nd round (first round had 1 ct of 0.3 um) and the flow is 2.8. PASS

For the OUT building dust monitors.


EY: Passed the zero count on the second round (first round had 1 cts of 0.3 um), and the flow was 2.8. PASS

EX: Passed the zero count on the second round (first round had 1 cts of 0.3 um), the flow was a little low 2.65 so I went to adjust the pump in the mechanical room. These new vacuum pumps' adjustment knob seem touchier than the old one. It was at 19.5 inHg, I adjusted it up to 20 but it would stay at 20, it kept slowing increasing in pressure. I watched it slowly build up to almost 22 after I adjusted it up slightly to 20. I ended up bringing it back down to as close as I could get to where it was. I ended up around 19.8 inHg which brought the DM flow back to a little over 2.7, within the 5% margin of error. PASS

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