Ideal Industries 45-235 Twin and Earth Underground Feeder (UF) Cable Stripper

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MULTI-FUNCTIONAL WIRE TOOL: Easy to use self-adjusting wire and cable stripper is a handy piece of equipment that will serve a wide range of wire adjusting and maintenance needs including home electrical jobs, installing lighting to working with tiny circuit boards. An indispensable tool for electrical projects at in the home, garage, workshop, on the job and even for marine use Most strippers like those in the below image have a measuring gauge that strips the cable depending on where it’s positioned in the jaws. Around 12 – 15mm should be fine.

It achieves good clean and accurate cuts, though will have a tendency to lightly score the inner cable sheath if you are over zealous with pressure when rotating. It’s designed with larger gauge wire handling in mind, featuring a large flat surface you can use to twist up to three wires at a time for terminal posts or splicing. Explains general manager of Ideal Industries EMEA, Brett Smyth: “Ideal is a global leader and innovator in the design of wire strippers and that heritage makes us the brand that electrical professionals trust around the world. Ideal wire strippers were specifically requested for the manned mission to the moon because of their reputation for quality and precision, even in the most extreme environments.“These may seem like simple, standardized hand tools, but there are actually a few important features that set one wire stripper apart from another. Some are designed to do repetitive stripping fast, and others are intended for repair work that requires care and versatility. Below are the key features to think about when shopping for a modern set of wire strippers. So we've got a bit of FP. This one's got a hard shell on it. It's quite hard, normally. Use your ringing tool, or you can give it a little knife score on the end. Your ErgoStrip, lay it inside, close the clam, little rotate, and if you want to, you can strip using the little stripping tool, pull all the way down, and bang. Pulls it off nice and easy.

We do not underestimate the danger of electricity at any level here at DIY Doctor and strongly suggest that if you have any doubts about what you intend to do… Do not do it! The stripping blade I thought would penetrate too deeply and score all the way to the core when stripping long lengths but I have yet been able to make it do so.

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Klein’s 11063W model is an automatic wire stripper that can remove up to an inch of insulation with a single motion. REVOLUTIONARY: The must have tool for anyone working with cables and wires, this easy to use technology will reduce project time as well as stress caused! Simply insert the wire between the two machined jaws at the head of the tool and squeeze. The jaws clamp down automatically selecting the right tension to hold the wire without damaging it, and removes insulation. A swivel knob can be adjusted for use with smaller wires when more tension is required This one's probably a bit big for this, but it barely fits in the casing. Let's give it a go anyway. So you've got to twist it slightly... There we go, that does it. There's no damage to them. No damage. I don't think it's really designed for this cable, but it's doing it, and that's a bit bigger than 4mm. And it's rubber. Perfect. Carl Kammerling international has launched an innovative new steel wired armoured (SWA) cable stripper, designed to speed up the process of SWA cable termination for installers. There we go. I hate coax cable, this is cheap rubbish I'll be honest with you. As you can see it actually strips quite well. It's all quite neat, and if you wanted to strip that too you can.

Stripping wires can be very easy. As with most jobs, it’s easier and safer with the right tools so with this in mind, here is a list of the tools and products needed when stripping cable and flex. And then we just pull off. Oh, get in there. My fingers are a little fiddly today. See, it comes off nice and easy, ready to go in to your main switch. So if you want to, you can go in, find your size you want to, then pull it off. What else can I do? See what else we can do. What else can we do, lets try some big boy cables.

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To strip appliance flex, the best and easiest tool to use is one similar to the tool in the image below. There are quite a few different variations available but they all do pretty much the same thing.