stripping 500 mcm cable

[paulie01]

Looking for an easy way to strip 500 mcm cable for scrap.

 

[mivey]

Looking for an easy way to strip 500 mcm cable for scrap.

Slip a dollar between the coils.

 

[PetrosA]

1000 of these should do the trick

I've heard there are stripping machines, but I don't know the names of any. I know in my area some of the scrap dealers have them and will buy insulated wire.

 

[jeremysterling]

Buy it bare. That way, it is pre-stripped.

 

[27hillcrest]

I have had great luck laying it out on a black top driveway in the hot sun for about an hour. Then I used a hook blade razor knife and it came off like butter. Being that's there’s snow in every state except Hawaii you might need to wait till summer.

 

[jdsmith]

Look into a Greenlee #1900 stripper. It has a blade that can be adjusted to match the insulation thickness and the blade can be oriented parallel to the conductor and you just pull it along the length. A hook blade in a utility knife might also work if you can keep from cutting your finger open while using it.

 

[brantmacga]

Looking for an easy way to strip 500 mcm cable for scrap.

 

[quogueelectric]

Never put your hands in harms way is rule #1. Score the insulation with a razor knife straight down the cable cut into 3-4 foot pieces. Smack the cable on the ground hard holding one end in your hand and it will split open like a mellon. The blacktop driveway works awesome when the weather permits.

 

[jmellc]

Looking for an easy way to strip 500 mcm cable for scrap.

E Bay has had a machine for about $100 that looks OK. Manual, you adjust 3 or 4 cutter blades on long bolts, pull the wire through them. I am thinking of trying some kind of router blade. Also thought of using a 3/4 bender, slot the shoe and place a single edge razor blade in it. Haven't tinkered with these yet. If you have a high volume, the machines scrap yards use are super. One here has a foot pedal. He feeds wire in about 3 foot pieces, steps on pedal and it pulls through, zips jacket in half, pieces fall away as bare cu comes out. I'm sure those are high dollar machines though.

 

[infinity]

Bake it in your oven or on a gas barbecue. Works like the hot driveway only better.

 

[dibloafer]

I usually do it with a knife, but after all this heating talk I'm starting to think I'm doing it the hard way! I would never put wire in my oven though

 

[milehiwire]

A little diesel fuel and some gas to light it. Burns right off and makes a real purtty black cloud.

 

[hardworkingstiff]

Looking for an easy way to strip 500 mcm cable for scrap.

I just use a razor knife. How much do you have (that you are looking for an "easy" way)?

 

[Article 90.1]

Long runs get hooked to an anchoring point then stretched with tow hooks of truck. Walk down wire with razor knife, either perpendicular to the insulation, or parallel to the insulation (think of filleting a fish).

If it is cold, shorter pieces would get stacked between the rungs of the oil filled electric radiator that heated my bedroom, then stripped (we had plywood subfloors for a long time...)

 

[zappy]

A little diesel fuel and some gas to light it. Burns right off and makes a real purtty black cloud.

I'd hate to be your neighbor!

 

[480sparky]

I have had great luck laying it out on a black top driveway in the hot sun for about an hour. Then I used a hook blade razor knife and it came off like butter. Being that's there?s snow in every state except Hawaii you might need to wait till summer.

Actually, cold weather makes it much easier to strip cables. Just set the stuff in the bed of your truck overnight. Then first thing in the morning, stand on the tailgate and drop the cables on your driveway.

Insulation shatters like glass. Pick up the copper, and sweep up the busted insulation.


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