Maintenance and Trouble Clearing
FJTU-320-515-480
5.2
Cleaning, Connecting, and Disconnecting the Optical
Connectors
5.2.1
Overview
This procedure discusses the procedure for cleaning, connecting, and
disconnecting the optical connectors.
DANGER:
Never look into the end of a fiber optic cable, fiber cord, fiber pigtail, or fiber. If laser
light is present, you can suffer permanent eye damage or blindness . Even brief
exposure causes damage very quickly .
The following tools are required:
•
Pure alcohol (more than 90 percent purity)
•
A can of compressed air
•
A cotton swab
Issue 9, May 1999
5.2: Cleaning, Connecting, and Disconnecting
FNC and FNC Customer Use Only
the Optical Connectors
Vol. ll, Page 480.5-6