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Could it be caused by thermal expansion and torsion of the railing? Test: identify the laser&#8217;s target location, flatten it out and observe if noise persists.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean and refill drinking water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add Dozier Site to google maps\n<ul>\n<li>Awaiting response from Google<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add site to Open Street Map<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove DRI meltwater sampler<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shopping\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Paper towels (careful. The mouse like this as bedding. Need to have it in a mouse-safe box)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bleach<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Running low on some of the shrink wrap sizes. Get more. Maybe colored ones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vacuum: Get a vacuum filter (shop-vac 6 gallon \u201cquiet series\u201d (quiet my ass))<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get connectors (don\u2019t even have to be waterproof) to easily plug things in and out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Glarks-Connectors-Terminals-Assortment-Motorcycle\/dp\/B07DB7X9R9\/ref=pd_ci_mcx_di_int_sccai_cn_d_sccl_2_3\/132-2497430-6332620?pd_rd_w=570Y9&amp;content-id=amzn1.sym.751acc83-5c05-42d0-a15e-303622651e1e&amp;pf_rd_p=751acc83-5c05-42d0-a15e-303622651e1e&amp;pf_rd_r=X718DXA8QHDAXETRT7N4&amp;pd_rd_wg=FjNZz&amp;pd_rd_r=49a4bbb0-cfa8-4e5d-925d-afd29d8a1683&amp;pd_rd_i=B07DB7X9R9&amp;psc=1\">example<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Better ethernet crimping tool. And a tester!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Soldering Iron: It seems like the soldering iron cable might have a loose contact. Voltage from station is good. Either<br>&#8211; redo the cable or<br>&#8211; replace the \u201cpencil\u201d (iron\/heater) (TC201T). Just an example: [amazon link](<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Weller-TC201T-Solder-Pencil-Wtcpt\/dp\/B000ICCZ4O\">https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Weller-TC201T-Solder-Pencil-Wtcpt\/dp\/B000ICCZ4O<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Get hand disinfectant for mouse traps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Will run low on solder soon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mouse mitigation. See below<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tear down infrasound<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take detailed pictures of instrument<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fix lymimister joint (leaking at pan)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find better place for JPL Radar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Move the spare eppleys to snarl<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Update logger 2 program:\n<ul>\n<li>remove snow temperatures from logger 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new buckets are 100 ml, not 80 ml tips. This is not reflected in the (software) calibration \u2192 need up update logger2 program and correct past measurements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Need to correct past lysimeter measurements in database since buckets were swapped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Need to add README about correcting past measurements in raw files since buckets were swapped<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fix issue with missing tipping bucket measurements followed by doubling of measurements in next scan\n<ul>\n<li>Solution: change delay command to &gt; 5 seconds in logger program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Verify physical bucket calibration and reed switch\/magnet clearance\n<ul>\n<li>Figure out what leads to tip counts that are integer multiples of 256<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At least one lightbulb needs replacing. Probably replace all with LEDs to reduce fire risk etc<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Attempt fixing camera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Test all the ethernet connectors to local network<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rodent\/mouse mitigation\n\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Purchase + install new\/second ultrasonic emitter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Remove or seal everything that could be used as bedding, e.g. paper towels at end of TLC(tote box?)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Absolutely no eating in the bunker during TLC<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remove all bedding material such as styrofoam cardboard, packing material<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Consider\/find new\/additional mitigation options.\n<ul>\n<li>Get a cat and\/or a hawk and\/or snakes (I hope there is no way of tracing back who adds items to this list)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is there a chance to prevent them from entering \/ sealing the door? I saw one running out through the cable conduits.\n<ul>\n<li>Seems like we could wire-mesh or steel-wool around the cables.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Better) bait for the traps?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thoroughly clean\/vacuum at the end of TLC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>logger 3 os updated<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Steel wool (mouse)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Totebox (mouse protection)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>fix tour on webcam<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clean bunker computer keyboards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1806"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1820,"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1806\/revisions\/1820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.snow.ucsb.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}