- Dave for package #4 production: on wire frame #27 tension measurements were done, #28 will go on the stringing table next (the last for the package). #26 and #27 will be deadened on Monday. #26 has components, Chris will put components on #27 Monday/Tuesday. Working now on all the remaining cathodes for the package.  

- Today we continued with the installation of the last two cells of the third package. Before the installation, in one of the new wire planes we found one broken wire (between the pad and the epoxy) that was fixed on Tuesday and checked on Wednesday. After the meeting all the cells of package #3 were installed and started flushing with gas.

 

- All the four cells of the third package, as tested with a source, are OK. The oxygen for the four cells went down to 100ppm in about a week. We had some problems applying HV on the bottom cell (that was tested already before when it was installed alone) but we were able to condition it and was stable for >48 hours.

- This morning we had issues with the new installation pins that we used to replace the old that were bent. The tolerance is only 0.5mills! We suspect that one of the hub (aluminum) was damaged by the steel pin. Bill suggested fixing it after we are done with the third package. In the mean time Anatoly suggested putting vacuum grease (same that we use on the O-rings) on the pin when inserting it in the hub and the package. This worked very well and we were able to use all the pins. The problem with the pins is that they can easily be bent when tightening the handle. Casey also suggested to put two handles, one at the bottom of the pin and the other to leave it loose and tighten it at the right place at the end before tightening the package. This worked also very well.