So the installation started today...

And there a few minor issues. As per usual of course. Now if I had worked with this particular brand of instrument before and the things attaching to it I could have avoided these problems. Unfortunately I hadn't and when the sales person came in to sell it to my boss he said "Sure it'll all fit in this room no problem!". Heck he even said 2 would fit in there. No, not really. We also need a chemical hood in there and I now know that isn't going to happen with me in there too. Of course I don't mind moving my desk space out of the room (even if it is a window office). With all the instrumentation in there it's DAMN LOUD. Like you couldn't talk on the phone and you'd leave at the end of the day with ringing in your ears. They have this think called a PEAK Nitrogen generator (rather than using a dewar of liquid nitrogen) and it has a compressor in it. Damn loud. And the instrument has a vacuum pump attached to it. Damn loud too. In a tiny room. The two together, hella damn loud. So soon we will find out if I move from the window office to the closet. And I mean that in the most literal sense...