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Never use wire cutters for stripping
You’re going to have to have a word with all the electricians I work with then, lol.
The key is learning to score the sheath or insulation enough that it’ll strip without going all the way through to what’s below - either the insulation beneath, or the conductor itself.I use these, they have strippers for 1.5 and 2.5mm cores, and I use the cutters for the sheath and any cable cores thicker than 2.5mm. Everyone else I work with just uses a pair of snips or a knife tho.
Nef
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Little things I've learnt....
Never use wire cutters for stripping insulation, any damage to the conductor sets up a point of fatigue weakness.