Minutes of feedthrough meeting of 21 August, 2000.
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Present: GV, Pof, PB, MLenc, AD, TH, RL, MLef

*) Milestones:

	- 27 Vacuum Cables arrived on 14 August.  This brings
	  as to a grand total of 300 Vacuum Cables received.
	  1000 serial number labels (9001 -> 9999) arrived
	  on 16 August, so we can now begin testing the
	  batch of 46 cables that arrived on 1 August.

	- 17 Bellows assemblies arrived on 14 August.  BOA
	  wants 3 additional seal rings and 6 additional cuff
	  rings to complete the order.  The 3 seal rings are
	  already in stock here at UVIC, and an order had been
	  placed recently with Southern Cross for 5 additional
	  cuff rings.  Southern Cross had not yet started on
	  this order, so there is no problem increasing the
	  order from 5 to some number > 6.  The order should
	  be complete in ~ 1 month.

*) 	- Cold tests were started on FT0 last week.  The leak checks 
	  and 3.5 bar absolute pressure tests on the funnel were
	  completed and all passed.  The Cirris continuity tests 
	  were also carried out.  One line was found to have an
	  anomalously lew resistance of 0.385 Ohms (should be
	  ~ 1.4 -> 1.9 ohms cold).  This was not repeatable when
	  warm, and will be remeasured when cooled down again
	  this week.  The cross talk measurements were not carried
	  out due to a VI problem, which turned out to be the
	  Labview equivalent of a typo (a wiring error) which was
	  inadvertantly indroduced since FT-1 was measured.  The
	  VI has been fixed and tested, and the crosstalk will
	  be measured this week.  The thermal tests will also be
	  performed this week.
	  On the morning after the cooldown started (Friday morning, 
	  18 Aug) there was considerable condensation found on the 
	  pincarriers of the warm flange.  More heat will be required 
	  to prevent this in the future.

*) Michel and Terry will travel to HCC in LA on Wednesday and
   Thursday to discuss the pincarrier problems. 

*) Mark checked on the shipping rates from Victoria to UK for 
   a couple of possible options.  To ship one full container
   (with 25 to 30 feedthroughs) would cost $2300 (plus the cost
   of the container...).  The shipping cost for 32 feedthroughs
   in plywood crates is $770.  It appears that the shipping costs
   will be negligible.

Agenda for next week: (PB to chair)
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- Milestones
- HCC visit
- Cold Test report
- AOB