[AusNOG] Why you should clean fibre..

[Kim Pearce]

"Clean all new fibres when they come out of the bag. You can’t be sure they
are clean."

...for reals?

On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 1:16 AM, Kim Pearce <kim.pearce at gmail.com> wrote:

> Nice write up thanks for sharing James - some pretty cool micrograph pics.
> And great advice about keeping fibre out from underneath rolling office
> chairs.
>
> I do disagree with some points though:
>
> I'm not sold on the idea of cleaning transceivers or female receptacles as
> a matter of practice though, if a transceiver is suspect surely you'd just
> swap it out... right? The recommendations to use cotton swabs seems a bit
> off - lint and threads can't be good.
>
> Me? I'll just be sure to keep things clean and cap unused transceivers and
> connectors - test runs for light loss http://www.flukenetworks.
> com/Expertise/Learn-About/Fiber-Testing and if testing indicates I should
> try to clean, I'll follow the FOAs advice http://www.thefoa.org/tech/
> ref/termination/cleaning.html
>
> After all, the FOA has certified over *9000* techs and have nice and
> crunchy jpegs on their website.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:13 PM, James Braunegg <
> james.braunegg at micron21.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear AusNOG
>>
>>
>>
>> If you are interested in why you should clean fibre patch leads / SFPs
>> each time you use them read below link… Awesome article.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://www.sunet.se/blogg/long-read-cleanliness-is-a-virtue/
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