ADCP-90-250

Issue 1, November 1996

A. Cleaning the Connectors and Adapters

3.02Dust and other contaminants on fiber optic connectors and adapters can seriously degrade circuit performance. To prevent contamination, unused connectors and adapters must be protected with clean dust caps. Routine termination activity can also introduce contaminants; therefore, it is essential that connectors and adapters be cleaned just before making connections.

3.03The cleaning kit available from ADC (catalog number FPC-CLNKIT) can be used to clean the connectors and adapters used in the wall box.

B. Routing the Patch Cords in the Wall Box

3.04After terminating a patch cord connector to an adapter in the wall box, route the patch cord either straight out the bottom of the wall box, or route it in a counterclockwise direction around the two radius limiters and then out the top or bottom of the wall box. Carefully remove most of the slack from the service loops as in Figure 11.

RADIUS

LIMITERS

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Figure 11. Patch Cord Routing in the Wall Box

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© 1996, ADC Telecommunications, Inc.