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COMMENT ON Investigate Magnet and Trim Rack Problems NL27B20 MBC7S00H Ch 30
The following cavity histories have been updated: Zone 1L21
The following cavity histories have been updated:
Zone 1L21
Username: kerns
Date/Time: 03-06-26_14:00:35
RF Status: Good
Comment: Zone dropping back from HV might be dirty HV relay used by PSS. Three attempts today and got zone into HV.
Special Instructions:
Maintenance Tag: Component: CPS Components
Photocathode (Puck #3) Pulled out of Gun - now on Heater
Arc 1 and Arc 2 current limit adjustment
iocsl25rffcc-(1 & 3) Persistently Auto-restoring.
Box Supplies Turned on and Cycled Once
The following box supplies were TURNED ON AND CYCLED ONCE by version 2-16 of the Box Supply Cycling Script:
ARC1A Ramp Rate = 7.400 A/s
ARC2A Ramp Rate = 6.712 A/s
ARC3A Ramp Rate = 2.329 A/s
ARC4A Ramp Rate = 10.144 A/s
ARC5A Ramp Rate = 9.307 A/s
ARC6A Ramp Rate = 9.326 A/s
ARC8A Ramp Rate = 11.455 A/s
ARC9A Ramp Rate = 8.864 A/s
ARCAA Ramp Rate = 11.756 A/s
RSEP8A Ramp Rate = 10.544 A/s
RSEP9A Ramp Rate = 4.774 A/s
COMPLETED Replace Shunt on MXQ1S01
RF On/Off turned RF On
Box Supplies Turned on and Cycled Once
The following box supplies were TURNED ON AND CYCLED ONCE by version 2-16 of the Box Supply Cycling Script:
ARC1A Ramp Rate = 7.400 A/s
ARC2A Ramp Rate = 6.712 A/s
ARC3A Ramp Rate = 9.294 A/s
ARC4A Ramp Rate = 10.144 A/s
ARC5A Ramp Rate = 9.307 A/s
ARC6A Ramp Rate = 9.326 A/s
ARC9A Ramp Rate = 9.356 A/s
ARCAA Ramp Rate = 11.756 A/s
RSEP8A Ramp Rate = 10.544 A/s
RSEP9A Ramp Rate = 4.865 A/s
RF On/Off turned HV On
gun rga analysis
checked RGA in prep chamber. All looks fine.
opened prep valve, minor changes to rga trace as expected. Noble gasses a touch higher than with the prep valve closed.
Neither chamber showed any hint of a leak with helium leak checking (just spraying, no bags).
Closed valve. RGA off for puck movement, can turn back on easily if needed after HV cable investigation
COMMENT ON Investigate and Troubleshoot YBBS06 ARC7 Shunt failure
DC power locked out the ARC7 box supply and removed one lead from the box supply, along with the in question YBBS06 shunt module from its slot. We then performed a resistance measurement of the magnet string, expecting to get a resistance reading of 3.2Ohms as done during the PM of the supply. We instead got a measurement of 2.014M Ohms, leading us to believe that the magnet is reading as an open. We then went into the tunnel and disconnected the magnet from the string to isolate it and reperform the measurement to further prove this theory.
COMMENT ON RF work for 2026 HCO
ABIL tag #7509 on VBVAA03 has been removed
Follow-up Re: New RTP HV Driver - Alarm Handler
Investigating the HVPS interlock inputs ...
There are 6 hardware interlocks than can fault the gun HVPS off via the HVPS interface chassis. Here is a summary of our checks...
1. PSS A chain - unable to check, a clue would be the INJ drops out of state
2. PSS B chain - unable to check, a clue would be the INJ drops out of state
3. SF6 pressure ">50 psi" - we have EPICS readback of signal + rolling average; occassionally there is an EPIC value caught <~50 psi with HVPS staying on, so we should recheck the trip limit; Figs 1-3 show random sampling; Fig. 4 shows I think a lower value ~45 around time of a gun trip, e.g.
investigation of gun trip yesterday
Gun HV tripped last night. Checking ion pump behavior at the time.
Fig 1,2: The vacuum faults seem to have started first in the gun, then travelled downstream.
Figure 3 shows that, to the resolution of the epics time, the vacuum ok signal may have been the first to go bad triggering the valve to close then the gun voltage to drop.
VIP2I00 current voltage plot
Gun ion pump has known field emission. We haven't hipotted to avoid affecting the high voltage electrode. We've been running it at 3400V.
Figures 1 & 2: Measured current vs voltage today for voltages from 3 kV to 4.8 kV.
Field emission onset clearly turns on after 4 kV. Slight change in current during soak at 4.8 kV, and recovering to a slightly better value than prior to this once dropped to 3200V after changes.
During October when we calibrated voltage for ion pumps, we intentionally didn't vary VIP2I00V much.










