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Making Measurements
Cleaning Connections for Accurate Measurements
paper.
4 Clean the fiber end with the swab or lens paper.
Do not scrub during this initial cleaning because grit can be caught in
the swab and become a gouging element.
5 Immediately dry the fiber end with a clean, dry, lint- free cotton swab
or lens paper.
6 Blow across the connector end face from a distance of 6 to 8 inches
using filtered, dry, comp ressed air. Aim the comp ressed air at a shallow
angle to the fiber end face.
Nitrogen gas or comp ressed dust remover can also be used.
C A U T I O N
Do not shake, tip, or invert compressed air canisters, because this releases
particles in the can into the air. Refer to instructions provided on the
compressed air canister.
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As soon as the connector is dry, connect or cover it for later use.
If the performance, after the initial cleaning, seems poor try cleaning
the connector again. Often a second cleaning will restore p rop er p er-
formance. The second cleaning should be more arduous with a scrub-
bing action.
To clean an adapter
The fiber- op tic inp ut and outp ut connectors on many Agilent Technol-
ogies instruments employ a universal adapter such as those shown in
the following p icture. These adap ters allow you to connect the instru-
ment to different types of fiber- optic cables.
Figure 2-9. Universal adapters.
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Ap p ly isop rop yl alcohol to a clean foam swab.
Cotton swabs can be used as long as no cotton fibers remain after clean-
ing. The foam swabs listed in this section’s introduction are small
enough to fit into adapters.