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Other Cleaning Hints
Cleaning Instructions
Other Cleaning Hints
Selecting the correct cleaning method is an important element in
maintaining your equipment and saving you time and money. This
Appendix highlights the main cleaning methods, but cannot address
every individual circumstance.
This section contain some additional hints which we hope will help
you further. For further information, please contact your local Agilent
Technologies representative.
Making the connection
Before you make any connection you must ensure that all lightwave
cables and connectors are clean. If not, then use appropriate the
cleaning methods.
When you insert the ferrule of a patchcord into a connector or an
adapter, ensure that the fiber end does not touch the outside of the
mating connector or adapter. Otherwise, the fiber end will rub up
against something which could scratch it and leave deposits.
Lens cleaning papers
Note that some special lens cleaning papers are not suitable for
cleaning optical devices like connectors, interfaces, lenses, mirrors
and so on. To be absolutely certain that a cleaning paper is applicable,
please ask the salesperson or the manufacturer.
Immersion oil and other index
Do not use immersion oil or other index matching compounds with
optical sensors equipped with recessed lenses. They are liable to dirty
matching compounds
the detector and impair its performance. They may also alter the
property of depiction of your optical device, thus rendering your
measurements inaccurate.
Cleaning the housing and the
When cleaning either the mainframe or the housing of your
instrument, only use a dry and very soft cotton tissue on the surfaces
mainframe
and the numeric pad.
Never open the instruments as they can be damaged. Opening the
instruments puts you in danger of receiving an electrical shock from
your device, and renders your warranty void.
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