Important Guidelines - Tyco Electronics RECORDsplice RPI-SA100 Instrucciones De Instalación

5 Important guidelines

• Use high quality tools to strip
fibers.
• Clean the fibers with isopropyl
alcohol. Electrostatic charge on the
fiber may lead to malfunctioning of
the RECORDsplice tool. Test: move
the fiber slowly within a few
millimeters distance to the
RECORDsplice housing. If the fiber
is deflected towards the housing
(visible bending of the fiber), the
fiber is electrostatically charged.
Repeat cleaning the fiber with a
cloth soaked with isopropyl alcohol
and repeat the test.
• Bend the fiber to detect eventual
fiber damage after stripping.
• The RCAT is maintenance free; do not
lubricate any part of the RCAT.
• When transporting the RCAT, use its
transport case, to protect it from shock
and impact.
• Carry the RCAT with its handle (17).
• Use a strap (not supplied) attached on
the strap holder (18) when installing on
ladders/heights .
• Do not submerge the RCAT in water.
• Never open the RCAT housing; it con-
tains fiber waste and micro mechanisms.
• Compressed air can be used for cleaning
the tool, but do not clean the fiber
entrance hole (11) with compressed air.
Use safety glasses when using
compressed air.
• If needed, use a small soft brush to clean
the RCAT; do not use any kind of
chemicals!
• Never use a tool to activate parts on the
RCAT.
• Do not insert anything in the fiber
entrance hole except fiber.
• Only remove a splice from its package
when it will be installed.
• Only remove the dust caps from the
splice when it will be installed.
• If a splice falls after the dust cap(s) are
removed, do not use the splice.
• Manipulate the splice only by hand,
never use a tool.
• No other cleaver or assembly tool is
approved for use with this system.
• Only open the splice holder cover (5)
when the program controller (2) is in the
S or 1 position.
6 General installation advice
• The installer should be in a comfortable
position to install.
• Before starting the installation, all tools
should be within arm's reach.
• The minimum fiber lengths for cassettes
are defined in the installation instruction
of the network element. The design of tool
and splice allow, with proper positioning,
fiberlength as short as 200 mm or 8".
• The RCAT tool is designed to facilitate
ease of installation. The program
controller (2) will drive the appropriate
mechanisms inside for each installation
step and block the others, resulting in the
correct order of sequence of installation.
The program controller can only be
rotated up to and released to the next
position, if the appropriate following
installation steps are taken. Do not use
excessive force on locked components
as this can result in malfunction and
damage of the tool.
• Verify the cleave counter window (15).
An estimation can be made of the
number of cleaves which still can be
made. When the maximum number of
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