correct method of stripping twin & earth?

[electrician786]

Hi, just wondering all the different methods you guys/gals use to strip back the sheath on twin and earth? I normally use the cpc in the "cheese wire method". I was speaking to a spark the other day and he said that method is no longer allowed due to damaging the cpc? I've never heard that before.

 

[rugbymacc]

That's how I do it too (cheese wire)

 

[shed69]

Me too, if you damage the very end by squashing or whatever you cut it off anyway.....

 

[Hardy Sparky (Mvc)]

Cheese wire or CK do a lovely stripping tool!!

 

[Ash]

just snip off the end. To be honest, the screw terminal will "damage the integrity" of the CPC anyway

 

[Hardy Sparky (Mvc)]

CK stripping tool lovely in the cold months , no soar fingers

 

[Dufjax]

Depends on the make of cable, I normally snip then pull the line and neutral apart.

I did have some cable a couple of months ago that ripped my fingers apart doing that so I had to resort to the cheese wire or Kewteknic auto stripper.

 

[OnOff]

I have the CK version of the Kew Technik stripper and its GREAT! At college they INSISTED on us first learning how to strip the cable with a knife before letting us do it with the proper kit!

 

[lineman]

Electricians lock-knife down the sheath then score top and bottom

 

[davetheglitz]

At the college where I'm teaching the students are not allowed to use knives - so cheese wire method it is!

 

[Evans Electric]

Blimey !!!At the college by me the students HAVE to have knives !!!

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Snip the end , grip the earth and a core and the sheath with side cutters , grip other core and sheath with finger/thumb and pull apart.

Or the "Cheese Wire " method.

 

[Hardy Sparky (Mvc)]

So the cheese wire method is the WINNER lol lol

 

[Badger]

cheese wire method for me aswell.

 

[davetheglitz]

At my college knives are only used for recreation. They have no place in the workshop!

 

[Nicky Tesla]

Sounds like a lot of colleges............ie not in the real world

 

[Sidewinder]

Cheese wire method can affect the cpc on a molecular level and should never be used to be honest if you go into the material science!

 

[davetheglitz]

Can't believe that -considering the breaking strain of a CPC compared to the small force needed for stripping by the cheese wire method.

 

[Nicky Tesla]

Never affected anything in practice though has it.

 

[monkey5]

Cheese wire method can affect the cpc on a molecular level and should never be used to be honest if you go into the material science!

but you do? :coat

i use a mixture of ck auto strippers and the "cheese wire" method

 

[ian932]

I use the CK style stripping tool, if the cable has a good chalky content then usually strip it in 3-6" chunks, if it's poor T&E then use the CK stripper to break the sleeve as far back as I want to strip then use the cheese wire method to remove the sleeve this way you get a nice clean finish no nasty split in the outter insulation you get when just doing it with the cheese wire method.