This done from about 2:30-4:30 with Steve S&O and Kurt. Soil samples taken – will update gravimetric posting. Queried each soil sensor for IDs (since I had to look at the Qsoil values anyway) into minicom capture file (attached: ehsteardown.cap)
Problem soil sensors at this site have been:
Tsoil.0.6cm (SN 12, epoxy-coated, upside down): Didn't work from a few hours after installation until it revived itself ~3 weeks later. Ran fine until tear-down (including the manual reading I took during tear-down). Back in the lab, nothing is visually wrong with this probe.
Qsoil.5cm (SN 12): Worked fine for the first 3 weeks, then started dropping data (for hours at a time) during last 3 weeks. Worked during the manual reading during tear-down. In lab, the Binder connector was not fully seated – pulled out by about 0.7mm. Sorry, I forgot to inspect it during the actual tear-down. This is a post-mortem item – to inspect that each Binder is fully seated during probe installation.