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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 1:41 pm    Post subject: Stripping large wires... Reply with quote
I have one of the quality wire strippers from B&C, but it only strips up to 16 awg wire. How do you strip larger wire. For example, I need to strip some 8 awg wire for my power runs. Is 8 awg stranded wire bigger around than 8 awg solid wire?

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2012 7:33 pm    Post subject: Stripping large wires... Reply with quote
At 04:40 PM 8/18/2012, you wrote:
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I have one of the quality wire strippers from B&C, but it only
strips up to 16 awg wire. How do you strip larger wire. For example,
I need to strip some 8 awg wire for my power runs. Is 8 awg stranded
wire bigger around than 8 awg solid wire?

I don't have tools for stripping anything larger
than 14AWG. All the big stuff I just score carefully
with the ol' Swiss Army Knife and use a pair of diagonal
cutters to pull of the discard. Do a few practice strips
to get the hang of it.

Bob . . .

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:37 am    Post subject: Re: Stripping large wires... Reply with quote
With shorter pieces of heavy gauge wire I lay them flat on the workbench and roll them with the palm of one hand while holding a sharp knife or box cutter against the insulation. This allows you to hold a consistent pressure against the insulation and decreases the chances of nicking any wires. After that just a couple of flexes will break the Tefzel insulation loose.

Dan

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