quogueelectric
Senior Member
- Location
- new york
Not to be disagreeable for no reason but I've never found UF so difficult that I wouldn't trade the cost of a house of NM for the labor of stripping it. Don't have any special tool for it. I usually use razor knife. Stab into between one of the insulated conductors and the bare EGC. Strip to the end makeing sure to stay closer to the EGC than the insulated conductor to ensure I don't nick the isulation. After that the two insulated coductor peel innward pretty easy.
Guess it takes about 50% longer than NM
JMO
When I was just a calf I used to let homeowners do some of the work themselves. I layed out a basement apt and let the homeowner rope it. I came back after sheetrock and found 12-3 uf roughed in all the boxes. I had badly torn a knee ligament skiing the week before and could barely walk my right foot was pointing totally backwards after a bad fall. It was torture to device and I never forgot it.