Question about the new fiber optic cleaning kits from Aven

I was fixing a nav system on a Gulfstream last month and my boss handed me one of those new fiber optic cleaning kits, saying it was a must. I thought it was just extra stuff to buy, but after cleaning three connectors that had been giving us trouble, the signal loss dropped from 2.1 dB to 0.5 dB. Has anyone else seen a real difference with these kits versus the old wipes and spray?

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blair_butler4722h ago

Yeah, those kits are a game changer. The real trick is they stop you from putting oil from your skin back on the connector.

nora73521h ago

Wait, does that skin oil thing actually mess stuff up? I totally fried a RAM stick once just by touching the gold pins before putting it in, my friend said it was probably from the oils. Felt like such a dumb mistake lol. Now I'm weird about touching any connector at all.