40m Lab Maintenance

We list regular/semi-regular/irregular maintenance items with cost here.

Regular maintenance

Regular (annual/monthly) costs

Item

Description

Frequency

Cost per period

Storage Area

Zero-Grade Air Cylinders

Airgas Part #:UZI300

4 Cylinders each Vent

$164.67/Cylinder ~ $658.68/Vent

Obsolete

Nitrogen Cylinders

Airgas Part #:NI 300

8 Cylinders per month

$159.56/Month

Semi-regular maintenance

We know someday we will need replacement. Maintenance records should be kept in an independent page

Item

Description

Frequency

Cost per replacement

ELOG Link

Oplev lasers

Lumentum 1103P

Lumentum 1103P

~ $900 - $1000

UPS batteries

RBC55 (For reference, PO #S625443)

APC Replacement Battery Cartridge

~$420

SR560 batteries

Link here

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Broken instruments 2025 List

TP2 Agilent V-70D / TwisTorr 74

Does not run also the controller has no serial connection

~$9000

Broken instruments 2024 List

Here are instruments in the 40m Lab the need maintenance. Some of these instruments cost more to fix than to purchase a new instrument with the Same function.

Item

Description

Last maintenance date

RMA && Estimated Cost of Repair

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NPRO

HVAC

SR785 #1 (SN:46756 && Property Tag: C32239)

High Voltage leakage into CH2. elog 18006

This was repaired on July 1, 2024

ECA05082446756 && $2,152.50

https://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8081/40m/18006

SR785 #2 (SN:46020 && Property Tag: C21593)

CH1 input is flakey AND Input range does not get down below -14dB

ECA05082446020 && $2,152.50

SRS DS345 (SN:40166)

“Offset o Error” displays on screen. Only Offset increases but does not generate a signal. Output is broken.

ECA05082440166 && $1,537.50

DC supply

KEPCO

Cooling Fan is Shattered and Power Supply is Burnt. elog 16779 eWasted 2025/7/2

https://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8081/40m/16779

HV supplies

KEPCO

Yarm LSC DC supply

A 15V KEPCO Broken - replaced with Sorensen. A spare KEPCO in VOPO lab

Tektronix TDS3034B

Screen glitches out during usage elog 18050

https://nodus.ligo.caltech.edu:8081/40m/18050

1201 Low Noise Pre Ampl.

Phillips PM5183 Signal Gen. (NC: 9445 051 93708 && PropertyTag: C20365

eWasted 2025/7/2

40m_Maintenance (last edited 2025-07-02 02:26:39 by KojiaraiATligoDOTorg)