Today I brought in a fresh supply of zip ties (we now have 1500 in the tool chest) and used them to permanentize the cable routing for the gauges, pumps, and RGA.

I also brought and installed a 3-foot 15A extension cable for powering the scroll pump. Installing the cable required shutting down the pumps, which I did and then reverted via the following procedure:

1. Close the 4.5" gate valve, 2.75" gate valve, and the bypass line angle valve.
2. Shut down the turbo pump.
3. Shut down the scroll pump.
4. Unplug the scroll pump and install the extension cable.
5. Power on the scroll pump.
6. Power on the turbo pump.
7. Open all three valves.

Incidentally, before I started, I noticed that the pressure in the main volume had reached 7E-7 torr, which is lower than the pressures seen last week. The system quickly returned to this pressure after I restarted the pumps.