UF termination lately?

[ItsHot]

Have you terminated any UF lately? I worked with some today, the sheathing seemed very soft to be rate for "direct burial"!:-?

 

[Buck Parrish]

Have you terminated any UF lately? I worked with some today, the sheathing seemed very soft to be rate for "direct burial"!:-?

Was it warm ?

 

[frizbeedog]

I don't know how it will hold up over the long run but stripping it is easier.

 

[ItsHot]

temp.?

temp.?

I know it is a lot easier to work with warm. It was no to warm at all!! The sheathing just seemed a good bit softer and maybe a little thinner than the last time I worked with some.

 

[mdshunk]

Those new Klein NM strippers that cut the jacket on NM cable work really great on #14 and #12 UF cable.

I know what you're saying, though. The "new" UF you can just rip the conductors down through the side of the cable jacket if you get it started at the end. It was never that way in years past.

 

[stickboy1375]

Have you terminated any UF lately? I worked with some today, the sheathing seemed very soft to be rate for "direct burial"!:-?

Depends on the brand also, some is AWESOME, some it down right ridiculous.

 

[TOOL_5150]

I have noticed the newer UF by southwire is easy to terminate.

~Matt

 

[stickboy1375]

I have noticed the newer UF by southwire is easy to terminate.

~Matt

that brand gets my AWESOME award. :grin:

 

[TOOL_5150]

Yeah.. I prefer southwire for MC, THHN and romex - which are all easy to get here.

~Matt

 

[Rockyd]

Southwire also makes Simpull wire. Stuff is sweet on a pull, no soap needed!

 

[frizbeedog]

Southwire also makes Simpull wire. Stuff is sweet on a pull, no soap needed!

...and this has nothing to do with the UF question.

Thanks.

 

[MikeGee]

my experience have been a lil different. it has been a lot harder.

 

[boboelectric]

What ever kind of brand my supplier drops off at the jobsite is what i have to deal with. I also like my NM strippers to start the cover removal.

 

[boboelectric]

I also notice welldrillers are using 10-2 nm-b for their well drops.

 

[stickboy1375]

I also notice welldrillers are using 10-2 nm-b for their well drops.

Yeah, why not use well wire? Another well inspected job I see, My neighbor had a 250 gallon storage tank installed in the basement with a new jet pump, the well guy wired everything.

 

[ItsHot]

well wire

well wire

Yeah, why not use well wire? Another well inspected job I see, My neighbor had a 250 gallon storage tank installed in the basement with a new jet pump, the well guy wired everything.

Well wire cost to much!

 

[stickboy1375]

Well wire cost to much!

I'm sure, but they are not paying for it, so not sure I see the problem. :-?

 

[ItsHot]

I'm sure, but they are not paying for it, so not sure I see the problem. :-?

"Unqualified" person!!:smile: