Fiber Optic Connector Clean and Prep Kit with Precision Cleaver (TK-184)

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The Jonard Tools TK-184 is the small kit for the fiber side of a termination: strip the fiber, cleave it, clean the connector, and find the fault, in one nylon case. The three-hole JIC-375 strips the 1.6 to 3 mm jacket, the 600 to 900 µm buffer coating, and the 250 µm coating down to the 125 µm glass; the FC-500 precision cleaver gives a fusion-ready cleave on 900 µm buffered or 250 µm coated fiber; fifty wet wipes in a non-abrasive, residue-free 91% isopropyl alcohol solvent clean the end-faces of 1.25 mm and 2.5 mm connectors and the bulkhead adapters they mate into; and the VFL-25 visual fault locator lights up a break, a tight bend, or a bad connection with visible red light. It's the kit for a technician who already has the cable-entry tools and wants the precision end of the job, the cleave and the clean, in a case that fits in a bag.

What's in the Kit

• JIC-375 three-hole fiber optic stripper. Strips the 1.6 to 3 mm fiber jacket, the 600 to 900 µm buffer coating, and the 250 µm coating to expose the 125 µm glass fiber.
• FC-500 precision fiber cleaver. Cleaves 900 µm buffered or 250 µm coated fiber, preparing it for fusion splicing.
• FW-50 wet fiber wipes, pack of 50. Non-abrasive, residue-free 91% isopropyl alcohol wipes for cleaning connector end-faces quickly.
• VFL-25 visual fault locator. Identifies breakpoints, leaks, poor connections, and stress points in fiber optic cable.
• H-20 rugged nylon carrying case. Keeps the set together and the cleaver protected.

Where It Fits

It suits fusion splicing technicians who want the strip, cleave, and clean tools in a case that sits next to the splicer, FTTH and MDU installers finishing drops at the ONT and the terminal, data center and enterprise staff maintaining LC and SC connections who need to clean an end-face and trace a dark fiber, a second kit for the truck or the bench, and a starter set for a new fiber technician who has the entry tools and needs the precision ones.

Good to Know

The cleaver is the tool that decides splice quality: keep its blade clean and dry, let it do the work rather than forcing the fiber, and put every cleaved scrap in a sharps container, because bare glass slivers go through skin and don't show on an X-ray. Strip in stages, jacket, then buffer, then coating, taking the coating off in short pulls rather than one long one so the glass isn't scored, and clean the bare fiber with a wipe before it goes in the cleaver. The wet wipes are for the end-face and the bare fiber; for a connector already in a bulkhead adapter, a push cleaner like the FCC-125 or FCC-250 reaches where a wipe can't, and the TK-287 cleaning kit is the step up when you work MPO. Fifty wipes go quickly on a splice job, so stock refills. The visual fault locator puts a visible red laser down a fiber, and a break or a tight bend glows through the jacket on short runs; use it on a dark fiber, not a live one, never look into the output or into an unterminated fiber while it's on, and remember it finds the gross faults, not the loss, which is a power meter and light source's job. The kit has no cable-entry tools, so a slitter or ringer for the jacket and a pair of Kevlar shears come from elsewhere.

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