Tips on Taking Care of Fiber Optic Cables

You need to take good care of them for your fiber optic cables to last for long and, function efficiently. To take good care of the units, here are some of the things that you can do:

How to handle fiber optic cables

On how they last and function, how you handle the cables has a great impact. Protecting the exposed fiber end from getting into contact with all surfaces is one of the things that you should do. When it gets into contact with the hard surfaces, this prevents the chip at the end of the cable from getting scratched. Also to avoid leaving an oil residue, avoid touching the exposed fiber with your finger. You can buy fiber polisher online.

Avoid over-tightening it if your cable is fastened using tie wraps. This is to prevent the cables from undergoing excess attenuation and resulting in micro-bends. Ask a professional to help you out If you don't know how tight is tight.

It’s common for you to pull the cable when making changes or during installation. Always use the strain relief, when pulling the cable. To prevent the glass from breaking, you should never pull on the cable directly.

It's always recommended that for defects, you regularly inspect the cable. While looking directly into the fiber end while the cable is still connected to the laser source, avoid doing it when doing the inspection. This will not damage your eyes. Ensure that the fiber is disconnected from the laser source before you does the inspection.

Don’t use your bare hands to clean the work area once you are done with fiber installation. Avoiding the piece of glass from getting lodged in your hands is the reason. To get the glass out of the hands, it might be impossible Due to its small size. For you, this makes it impossible to do your work.

Avoid over-tightening it if your cable is fastened using tie wraps. This is to prevent the cables from undergoing excess attenuation and resulting in micro-bends. Ask a professional to help you out If you don't know how tight is tight.

Fiber optic cable cleaning

Regularly cleaning them or polishing them with a fiber polishing machine is one of the most important things that you should do to your cables to keep them working effectively. Many ways of cleaning the cables are there: you can use lens paper, isopropyl alcohol, or compressed air. With your surface and fingers ensure that the cable doesn't get into contact when doing the cleaning. Also, bending it causes internal breaks to ensure that you don't bend the cable. You should never reuse again once you have used a cleaning product. This avoids contamination.

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