Stripping multicore wire?

[Commander Kinsey]

Does anyone have a way to strip the outer sheath without damaging the inner ones?

[Dean Hoffman]

I worked with this type of wire.

We used utility knives. Caution is the word.

[Scott Lurndal]

The search term is "Cable Jacket Stripper".

[Dean Hoffman]

Are you in the part of California getting drenched by storms? National news said something about 10" rains.

[hubops]

There ya go ..

John T.

[Commander Kinsey]

That looks a bit industrial! I wanted to strip 8A and 13A 3 and 4 core flex!

I'll try this:

[Scott Lurndal]

Yes. A dam in the area has been spilling since saturday, and the coast took a beating yesterday. More rain to come in the next four days.

[rbowman]

+1 on that. I like the Ideal T-5 strippers for individual wires but I use a utility knife for sheaths. If you score the sheath most of the way flexing it will finish the job. You've got to be delicate and I don't know if our Commander has delicate in him.

Perhaps it's only my experience with cheap strippers but my assumption is that $5 fleabay item is a piece of crap. Maybe he'll get lucky.

[Joe]

I have one of these 'ker-chunk' type wire strippers (not this exact model) and it works most of the time. It will depend on the precise mechanical characteristics of cores and jacket.

When it doesn't work, I do as described in the thread. I also slit lengthwise to the cut end before the bending-back, which allows a shallower circular cut.

[The Natural Philosopher]

I long for the strippers with jaws that heated up to melt through PVC

[Brian Gaff]

Indeed, it does depend on the material the sheath is made of as to how successful this is. Often I unzipped a small section and did them individually using a wire stripper. The very thin ribbon cables you are not supposed to strip, but use IDC connectors on. I do know however that over some years these can go faulty, if they have no strain relief, and of course the pitch has to be correct and the correct tool used. Brian

[Marco Moock]

Am 06.01.2023 um 22:13:15 Uhr schrieb Commander Kinsey:

Use a knife and be VERY careful - or use an appropriate tool (cable stripper) with the matching diameter for your cable.

[Theo]

I have one of these:

For 3 pounds it works perfectly fine. I tend to use the largest blade (for mains flex etc)

For T&E the jaws on these do the trick:

Theo

[chop]

There was one in a youtube short for multicore mains underground distribution cable but those cables are much more massive than normal multicore cable.

[Frank]

Interesting to know they make such fancy strippers. I have a real el-cheapo that came with a cheap set of tools someone gave me that they won at a casino. It works but barely.

[Boris]

[e-mail] (Scott Lurndal) wrote in news:aX2uL.101181$ [e-mail]:

Hi,

Are you talking about the Crystal Springs/San Andreas dam?

[Commander Kinsey]

It says only up to 6mm.

T&E is shit anyway, flex is so much easier to work with.

[Commander Kinsey]

That stinks, probably not good to breathe that in.

[Commander Kinsey]

Yip, same here, but it's not wide enough for the outer sheath. It fell apart so I had to put in a new bolt. Then the springs started fuxking about, so I have to push gently on both jaws on the end for it to grip the wire and strip it.

[Commander Kinsey]

The stripper I have will strip through three cores at a time which is nice and efficient. I've just been wiring up a load of graphics cards to a 1600 amp 12V grid.

I've stripped ribbon cables with no problem.