[Dr. Richardson, Aiden]

DO NOT TOUCH ANY VALVES ON THE CHAMBER. THERE IS A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN THE RGA LINE, TURBO PUMP LINE AND THE MAIN VOLUME. THE TURBO PUMP WILL BE DESTROYED IF OPENED.

Closed the valves to the turbo pump line and RGA line. Turned the turbo pump back on and saw that the pressure in the RGA Line and Turbo pump line was going down so there was no large leak within that line or with the valves as the main body pressure stayed constant. Then raised the pressure of the main body of the chamber as we suspect the viton o-ring has failed and needs to be changed. The bolts to the lid of the chamber were also removed but the lid was left on.

Then performed a helium leak test on the section of the system that was under vacuum. We found two flanges that had small but significant leaks compared to the others in the lines. The flange connecting the full range gauge to the cross and the flange connecting the stainless steel tube to the valve under the cross. These showed large spikes when sprayed with helium and were then tightened to hopefully fix it. After tightening, the flange under the full range gauge was fixed as the bolts were pretty loose and tightening reduced any spike seen on leak test. The other flange on the SS tube could not be fixed with tightening and it still shows signs of helium leaking through. This flange will need to have its gasket changed to fix this leak. Then left the system where it is in the picture for further changes tomorrow August 11. Again, DO NOT TOUCH THE VALVES ON THE RGA LINE AND TURBO PUMP LINE AS THERE IS A PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL AND IT WILL DESTROY THE TURBO PUMP IF OPENED.

Note: We also found that the pump under the table had flipped the breaker and needed to be turned back on. This may be something to look into.