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These strippers are used by most in the electronic industry. Properly used, they make a clean strip with no nicks. I would agree that they are a bit much to carry on a tool belt.

I knew an electrician who stripped only with his electrician's knife and sneered at anyone who used anything else.
 
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I appreciate all the responses.

I've been using these things for fifteen to twenty years. A lot of you mention that they're good for bench work. I used to do tons of bench work and that's when I started using them.

I started doing electrical work about ten years ago but it didn't become my primary occupation until about five years ago. Needless to say these strippers went right from my bench to my tool box. (I don't use a tool belt but I just got one and might start)

I guess it might make a difference having already been very comfortable with them. I'll put it this way. I left a pair on a job, and couldn't find a new set, I was very not happy. I love these things.

Customers are very impessed by the fancy automatic action too. I hear a lot of stuff like, "so that's how you guys do that".

One of the reasons I'm asking about them is that I've never seen an electrician using them. Once another electrician asked if I had some strippers he could use for a splice up in a ceiling and I handed them to him, he looked at me like they were from mars. I gave them to a helper and he started trying to pull the insulation off the wire with them.

Someone said they'er too bulky. They are a little, but not that bad. The only wires I can't get to to strip with them is like old K & T where the conductor doesn't come out of the box. But I really can't get my klein strippers in there too good either.

RBJ, I used to do OEM military stuff. They do have a requirement for just about anything you can think of, and even stuff you can't. I don't remember having any issues with these. The teflon is pretty tough insulation, I would think that stuff would be affected the least. It's been a long time since I've seen teflon though.

Rattus finally hit on one of the things I was after. You've got to have the knives set right or you can damage the conductor more than I'm happy with.

Another benifit. One hand operation. Reaching as far as you can from a twenty foot ladder (not that anybody ever does that).

And finally the reason I thought to bring this up in the first place. The thread about how long the ground wire has to be before it's bonded to the box. You can rather easily strip wire in the middle of a conductor with these. For the ground wire I leave out a foot or so of wire, strip it in the middle, wrap it around the screw. The box is bonded and pig talied in one motion.
 
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By Iwire:

I have to replace about 150 fan coil units there are 16 wires to strip at each one, the new factory wires on the units have a very tough insulation and access is very tight.

I think these wire strippers will be just the right tool for this. :D
They work well for tough insulation. And being as how there's no need for tugging on anything it can be easier to use them in tight spaces.

Don't be so sure they'll end up all dusty. After 2400 conductors you might get the hang of it.
 
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Originally posted by physis:
Don't be so sure they'll end up all dusty. After 2400 conductors you might get the hang of it.
Maybe.....but all my friends will laugh at me. :eek:
 
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I used these years ago when I worked in a panel shop. They were ideal for that, but I would never trade in my T-5 strippers for them in the field. Nuh uh, no way.
 
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Don't take it so hard, I'm not too sure that's not what my friends are doing.
 
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I'd be interested in seeing some of the strippers you guys are using if you can post images of them.

My Kleins are nothing special. It sounds like there might be some other cool stuff I'm not aware of.

There's a lot of mention of T strippers. I don't know if I know what those are.
 
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Sam,

I like Ideal strippers myself. I have used a knock-off of the ones that you posted and I find them too bulky for day-to-day use.

These are the "T Strippers." My first pair was the basic T-5:

:cool: )

These are what I use now:

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[ February 14, 2005, 04:11 PM: Message edited by: peter d ]
 
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Thanks Peter.

Nothin I haven't seen there. My Kleins were almost $20.
 
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I have a T5 on my belt and love it. Klein makes a nise one too.
I made the mistake of buying the Ideal 'T' type with the red grips a long time ago that didn't worked worth a darned on solid, nicking the wire all the time, until I discovered that they were for stranded wire. Now they are on my work bench.
 
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Originally posted by templdl:
I made the mistake of buying the Ideal 'T' type with the red grips a long time ago that didn't worked worth a darned on solid, nicking the wire all the time, until I discovered that they were for stranded wire. Now they are on my work bench.
I use the red-handled T-5 for stripping small gauge phone wire. They work great for that purpose. :cool:
 
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I have a set of these
:confused: :confused: :confused:

[ February 15, 2005, 11:22 AM: Message edited by: physis ]
 
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Are we still talking about strippers? LMAO. Inside Joke for those of you who don't know.

Anyhow, here are mine.
lkn


[ February 15, 2005, 10:05 PM: Message edited by: aelectricalman ]
 
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physis. I have a pair of these and love them. When doing control work, a few hundred connections, they are a time saver and easier on your hands. I use them whenever they warrant it. If I am only wiring outlets I just use regular strippers.

[ February 15, 2005, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: highkvoltage ]
 
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I seems like it comes down to which are easier to use. To me these auto-strippers are the easiest. I think it might also have a lot to do with which ones you're most used to.
 
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