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Maintenance - Electrodes
Electrodes
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Cleaning
The electrodes can be cleaned in two different ways. The
first is to run the electrode cleaning program (see also p. 58),
which is accessed as follows:
#-button > “Clean electrodes?” > YES
The electrode cleaning program should be a part of your daily
splicing routine, and we recommend it as a start-up proce-
dure. You should also run it after every 20th splice.
While the electrode cleaning program is running, you should
listen for a sizzling sound. If you hear it, you should run the
program several times until it subsides. If the sound does not
subside you should switch to the second way of cleaning the
electrodes.
The second way of cleaning the electrodes is to make use of
the electrode brush that comes with the splicer (see adjacent
picture). You first brush away excesive deposits with this
brush, and then run the electrode cleaning program. This
cleaning procedure should be a more seldom activity, averag-
ing around every 200th splice.
If a sizzling sound persists even after cleaning the electrodes
with the brush and the electrode cleaning program, you
probably have to replace them, which is explained
susequently.
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To access electrode
cleaning program
Changing
Under normal splicing conditions the electrodes must be
replaced around every 2000th splice. However, if you are
using certain types of fiber, such as carbon coated fiber, you
will have to replace them more often.
As discussed on page 62, the FSU 995 FA has a built-in splice
counter. When this counter reaches the value indicated in
the global parameter ELECTROD WARNING, the splicer will
display the warning CHECK ELECTRODE WEAR. This is your
signal that you should probably change the electrodes using
the procedure outlined on the next page. Don’t forget that
after you have changed them you must also run the electrode
cleaning program several times and reset the splicing counter
(to find it, see flow chart, p. 76).
CHECK ELECTRODE WEAR
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Keep in mind that the electrode tips are
very fragile
, and
thus you should never clean them with a hard object, and
you should even keep to a minimum the frequency with
which you clean them with the electrode brush.