anyone recommend any decent ones
i need one for when i start a rewire and alarm fitting
i need one for when i start a rewire and alarm fitting
wire strippers
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I'd just recommend any quality dedicated wire stripping tool, dont buy any form of combination tool, go to an electrical wholesaler and ask to test some or get their recommendation, personally I use a CK stripper, oh and if your going to get a crimper only get a ratchet crimper and make sure it closes all the way as some cheap ones dont crimp properly. 
I personally use cable croppers to strip cable (and sometimes side cutters for smaller csa's). Alot of people these days are of the opinion that cable strippers are the best option as they do not 'nic' the copper conductor (neither do I although it takes great care on my part not to)
I would consider swapping to cable strippers if I could find a pair that are 1000v VDE insulated as my side cutters are - all of the pairs I see at the moment have metal strips on the handles and don't look (electrically) safe enough for day in, day out use!
The CK ones look the best bet and are reasonably priced too - I use CK screwdrivers and really love them!
I would consider swapping to cable strippers if I could find a pair that are 1000v VDE insulated as my side cutters are - all of the pairs I see at the moment have metal strips on the handles and don't look (electrically) safe enough for day in, day out use!
The CK ones look the best bet and are reasonably priced too - I use CK screwdrivers and really love them!
PompeySparks said:
http://www.tooled-up.com/MicroCateg...-Vde-Stripping-Pliers&CID=7&SCID=68&MCID=1168 ?
Not rachet action, but probably better than side cutters (I'm guilty of that as well
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I still use an old pair I got years ago, made by "Bib".
They mostly make a little metal thing used by electronics engineers, but this was when they tried a new model. i bought it at a job stocks merchant who'd bought up their cancelled production.
Imagine a pair of secateurs, where each jaw is blunt but has a sharpened half-moon cutout in it.
Instead of an adjusting screw, it has a rotating wheel to stop the jaws fully closing
This rotating wheel has notches in it. You set the notch to 0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm, 2,5mm etc
Put the cable in the half-moons in the jaws, squeeze the handle, they cut through the insulation without nicking the wire, rotate it a bit to make sure, sweep your hands apart and the snibbet of insulation falls on the floor.
The ordinary little "Bib" stripper is still ideal for smaller work, including tlephons and alarms
They mostly make a little metal thing used by electronics engineers, but this was when they tried a new model. i bought it at a job stocks merchant who'd bought up their cancelled production.
Imagine a pair of secateurs, where each jaw is blunt but has a sharpened half-moon cutout in it.
Instead of an adjusting screw, it has a rotating wheel to stop the jaws fully closing
This rotating wheel has notches in it. You set the notch to 0.5mm, 1mm, 1.5mm, 2,5mm etc
Put the cable in the half-moons in the jaws, squeeze the handle, they cut through the insulation without nicking the wire, rotate it a bit to make sure, sweep your hands apart and the snibbet of insulation falls on the floor.
The ordinary little "Bib" stripper is still ideal for smaller work, including tlephons and alarms
Yep the good oldbib wire stripper .
But you`ll get slated if you use on on mains stuff (uninsulated & not good adjustment with the cam - I always took cam off and worked by hand - takes a bit of practice but been doing it years so I should have got it right. A bit like engineers can`t guarantee 1/10 thou accuracy without using ratchet on micrometer , well they can if they experienced)
But you`ll get slated if you use on on mains stuff (uninsulated & not good adjustment with the cam - I always took cam off and worked by hand - takes a bit of practice but been doing it years so I should have got it right. A bit like engineers can`t guarantee 1/10 thou accuracy without using ratchet on micrometer , well they can if they experienced)
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