Wire Stripper
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Key Lesson
Romex is notorious for poor stripping at 10 ga - no stripper outside of 2 specific Knipex seem to work - see details at Wire Strippers. This means that you simply blow your time in house wiring or are using manual, not automatic, strippers.
Typical Wiring
- 6-750 MCM - [1]
- Irwin - this seems to be a winner [2] via YouTube video [3].
MJ Note - tool sucks. Lots of times it fails to strip 10 ga, not a production tool. 14 ga is perfect, 12 ga pretty good.
- 3 types of strippers - small is Irwin tool, next is a 6-12 ga, next is 4-4/0 (likely larger as well). Irwin tool strips the exterior Romex sheath - and the interior as well - important. Also check out the wire size-to-tool chart at [4].
and
- Slit and peel with razor - quite effective - but razor is dangerous. Advantage - gets you to peel a long distance quickly:
For Recycling
- Cordless drill driven, or dedicated - https://www.stripmeister.com/
- Cordless stripper - [5]