📝 Event: 2026-01-16_camera_cooling_fault_repair
📊 Report Overview
Event Metadata
Record Type
Maintenance Event
Maintenance Event
Reason / Suite
Problem
Problem
Service Provider
vendor
vendor
Instrument
scope-testx1Maintenance Action
Reason Details:
sCMOS camera reported repeated cooling alarms and sensor temperature stayed above -5 C, producing elevated background noise.
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.
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.