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==Files==
==Files==
[https://wiki.physics.wisc.edu/yavuz/images/e/ee/PKR251_manual_2008-04.pdf User Manual]
* [https://wiki.physics.wisc.edu/yavuz/images/e/ee/PKR251_manual_2008-04.pdf User Manual]
[https://wiki.physics.wisc.edu/yavuz/index.php/File:PKR251_Cleaning_Rev_1.pdf Cleaning Instructions]
* [https://wiki.physics.wisc.edu/yavuz/index.php/File:PKR251_Cleaning_Rev_1.pdf Cleaning Instructions]


==Notes==
==Notes==

'''10/20/2014'''

* The pressure gauge is reading a constant 4e-3 mbar whether the cryostat is at room temperature or cooled down with liquid helium. This is too high of a pressure. Because we have not changed the anything with the cryostat that would have caused a leak in the vacuum and because the reading is not changing at all, I think the pressure gauge is not reading the correct thing rather than there being something wrong with something else in the system.

* I contacted Pfeiffer Vacuum and they sent the manual and cleaning instructions above. I took the gauge apart and cleaned it as instructed. I did not replace any parts.

Revision as of 06:05, 21 October 2014

PKR251 Picture.jpg

Files

Notes

10/20/2014

  • The pressure gauge is reading a constant 4e-3 mbar whether the cryostat is at room temperature or cooled down with liquid helium. This is too high of a pressure. Because we have not changed the anything with the cryostat that would have caused a leak in the vacuum and because the reading is not changing at all, I think the pressure gauge is not reading the correct thing rather than there being something wrong with something else in the system.
  • I contacted Pfeiffer Vacuum and they sent the manual and cleaning instructions above. I took the gauge apart and cleaned it as instructed. I did not replace any parts.