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📝 Event: 2026-01-16_camera_cooling_fault_repair

📊 Report Overview

Event Metadata
Record Type
Maintenance Event
Reason / Suite
Problem
Service Provider
vendor
Instrument
scope-testx1
Maintenance Action
Reason Details:
sCMOS camera reported repeated cooling alarms and sensor temperature stayed above -5 C, producing elevated background noise.
Action Details:
Replaced camera fan assembly and thermal interface pad, cleaned rear heat sink fins, and ran a 90-minute thermal stability burn-in.
Status After Fix:
IN_SERVICE

Additional Notes

Instrument marked out_of_service in booking system from 08:00 to 18:00 local time.

📄 Raw YAML Ledger

View 2026-01-16_camera_cooling_fault_repair.yaml
schema_version: 1
record_type: maintenance_event

maintenance_id: "maint_scope-testx1_20260116_camera_cooling_fault_repair"
microscope: "scope-testx1"

service_provider: "vendor"
company: "Nordic Imaging Service Oy"
contact: "Emergency support: support@nordicimaging.fi"
reference: "NIS-EM-2026-0116"

started_utc: "2026-01-16T08:05:00Z"
ended_utc: "2026-01-16T17:40:00Z"

reason: "problem"
reason_details: >
  sCMOS camera reported repeated cooling alarms and sensor temperature stayed above -5 C,
  producing elevated background noise.

action: "repair"
action_details: >
  Replaced camera fan assembly and thermal interface pad,
  cleaned rear heat sink fins, and ran a 90-minute thermal stability burn-in.

microscope_status_after: "in_service"
downtime_hours: 9.6

related_qc:
  - "qc_scope-testx1_20260115T1610Z_darknoise_v1"
  - "qc_scope-testx1_20260117T0900Z_darknoise_v1"

attachments:
  - "maintenance/events/scope-testx1/2026/attachments/2026-01-16_camera_service_report.pdf"

tags: ["camera", "cooling", "noise", "repair"]

followup: >
  Review dark noise baseline weekly for one month.
next_due_date: "2026-02-15"

notes: >
  Instrument marked out_of_service in booking system from 08:00 to 18:00 local time.