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Tried a budget wire stripper from Amazon and it screwed up 15 splices in a row
I bought this $17 automatic wire stripper last week off Amazon to save time on a King Air job. On the first 10 wires it worked fine, but then it started nicking the copper on 22 gauge strands. I had to redo 15 splices before I caught the pattern and tossed the tool. The stripped ends looked clean at first but a wiggle test showed the cuts were half through the conductor. Anyone else had a cheap tool pass initial checks then fall apart mid-job?
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juliahall11d ago
That exact same thing happened to me with a $15 stripper from a hardware store. I was working on some old thermostat wires in a house and it worked perfect for the first dozen or so. Then it just started chewing up the insulation and leaving little nicks in the copper. I ended up tossing it in the trash and went back to my old manual strippers. Now I only trust the Klein ones with the little screw adjuster on them, they cost more but I've never had one mess up on me like that.
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graym4911d ago
Calling it quits over a $15 tool kind of feels like overkill to me @juliahall.
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