6491X singles vs T/E cores

[Goldberg]

Any reasons why I shouldn't strip the cores out of T/E?

Earlier this evening I got as far as removing the outer sheath and the armour from the 10mm² SWA.

The risks are (a) nicking the insulation if cutting...

I wouldn't want the cpc for anything, and yes, I would use it to slice open the sheath.

Only 2 small nicks from the Stanley knife though.

 

[GaryMo]

We often with 3 phase stuff for short runs, to save buying 4 coloured coils, will buy a lump of 4 core swa strip it and just buy the earth, similar to what your doing.

That's a point - somewhere I think I've got a length of 2-core 10mm² SWA...

BAS changed his mind after this post.

 

[Chri5]

Only 2 small nicks from the Stanley knife though

Thumb, fore finger or palm

 

[ban-all-sheds]

you or the cable..?

Me.

 

[333rocky333]

We strip the armoured down to the copper to take it for scrap, you get blisters but should not get cuts.

Ban are you in london, our suppliers would possibly cut singles for you,
If you do want some PM me an area best for you.

 

[securespark]

you or the cable..?

Me.

Should be wearing kevlar gloves...

As for the cable debate, cable designed for conduit generally has more, thinner strands, thus making it more flexible than T&E, which has fewer, thicker strands.

 

[ColJack]

should learn to use a knife properly more like..
always cut away from you, never cut over your leg or lap ( 3 inch gash in my jeans taught me that.. only lucky it missed "mr Happy"... )
if you must cut towards you, do it on a surface and keep your other hand behind the blade, that way if you slip, your fingers are not in the way, and the knife only hits the surface you are cutting on..
NEVER strip cable on a kitchen counter top or antique oak dining table...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Did all that - still got a couple. Pretty sure one of them was just from picking the knife up carelessly. Only little nicks/scratches, not full-blown cuts dripping blood - didn't even need a plaster.

Just as well, as I'd put a fresh blade in the Stanley...

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Thumb, fore finger or palm

One dig in the palm (LH) from the point of the blade, one scratch on the back of the thumb (LH). At least one of them was 'cos I couldn't be bothered to put the knife down as I heaved the cable along.

I thank you all for your concern, but "Only 2 small nicks from the Stanley knife though" was meant as a positive - I've had worse from clearing brambles in the garden...

 

[Spark123]

One nick from a stanley knife is totally unacceptable in a lot of workplaces. You can't go bleeding over the goods!
Or even worse if the company deals with toxic chemicals then you don't really want to get them inside you.

 

[ColJack]

the company I used to work for made air conditioners, big industrial things, and they punched and bent all their own panels for them..
the edges were often like razorblades..

we often told them to hire some mental defficient to just scrape a file or deburer along the edges for £3/hr, but they were having none of it..

as a result, not one person went home at the end of the week without some form of cuts or scrapes..

they had to replace the plaster dispensers every 2 weeks or so..

 

[Spark123]

I take it they were queing up to fill in the accident book too?
What did your union say about it?

 

[ColJack]

couldn't join or start a union.. the gaffer owned it outright and fired anyone who tried.. it was written into the contracts..

 

[Spark123]

Definately worth a word with a solicitor or CAB as I believe that is illegal.
Even better that it was written down as it is in black and white.

 

[ban-all-sheds]

One nick from a stanley knife is totally unacceptable in a lot of workplaces. You can't go bleeding over the goods!

It's my cable.

If I want to bleed over it I shall - it's my birthright.

Or even worse if the company deals with toxic chemicals then you don't really want to get them inside you.

There are some slug pellets, sodium chloride and Trefolex on my patio at the moment - I'll try to avoid getting them into the cuts. Or I would if they hadn't healed