Chapter 8 Maintenance
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3. Press the tip of a new (dry) adapter cleaner into the ferrule end
surface and then wipe in one direction 2 or 3 times to dry the surface.
4. Clean the adapter interior with adapter cleaner.
(Refer to “Cleaning the Optical Adapter” below.)
5. Attach the adapter in the reverse order. Be careful not to scratch the
ferrule end surface.
Cleaning the Optical Adapter
Use an approved adapter cleaner to clean the optical fiber cable optical
adapter. Although the following procedures use the FC connector and
adapter as an example, use the same methods when cleaning other
connector and adapter types.
Insert adapter cleaner into the split sleeve of the optical adapter. Rotate
the adapter cleaner in one direction while moving it back and forth.
Note:
Check the ferrule diameter and use a cleaner only for the 1.25 mm
or 2.5 mm adapter.
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