underground wire stripper???

where can i find a wire stripper for underground wiring? saw it on a show but cant find it anywhere? any hints??????? thanx

 

Never heard of such a thing (but if there is, I'm gonna learn about it here soon!).

Very careful use of a sharp knife is the only solution I know.

 

Do you mean Romex thats rated for direct burial? They sell Romex strippers. I don't know about home improvement stores but electrical supply stores carry them.

 

Could you tell us a little more about this device? It sounds interesting. Is this a stripper for larger cables or wires? In this I mean there is a rachetting device for stripping the outer PVC and metal casing for Tech Cable up here and I'm wondering if you seen a show where they were showing something like it.

 

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Wire Stripper, Self Adjusting, Built In Wire Cutter

Grainger Item: 5C655
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Category Wire Stripping Tools
Mfg Name Klein Tools
Mfg Part Num 74018
Description Cable Ripper
Long Description Cable ripper with wire measuring gauge. An easy-to-use cable ripper. The cutting blade slits the outer covering of new and old Romex Cable (all sizes) and other nonmetallic (type NM) sheathed cable. Measures wire sizes from 14 to 6 AWG.
Graybar Num 91012214
Saleable Quantity Each
Minimum Wire Size 14 (AWG)
Maximum Wire Size 6 AWG




This may be it. 1st is from Graingers site 2nd is from Graybar.

 

I have seen what you might be talking about when working with some telecommunication type cable. Similar to the pvc ratcheting device, I think ideal made it, but since I don't really do much telecommunication work, I don't know exactly what it is called. Basically it's got a type of hook that "lifts" the insullation, and the knife cuts it.

 

Thank you mattison! I would have been checking ideal, and probably never would have found it.

 

UF is not difficult to strip in the smaller two-wire (with gound) sizes. It's when you get into the larger 3-wire cables where the P.I.T.A. factor comes in.

For the smaller cables (14-2, 12-2, 10-2), simply grab tip of the white or black conductor with the corner of your sidecutters and pull against the outer jacket. The outer jacket will easily "peel" open allowing you to expose as much of the conductor as you wish. You may have to "dig" in a little with your sidecutters to get a good grip. You will be cutting off the damaged tip so don't worry about mangling the tip of the conductor. Repeat process for other insulated conductor. You will be left with the ground wire and cable jacket. Simply take a utility knife and score the jacket on both sides down to the ground conductor and pull off the jacket.

This is easier to demonstrate than it is to describe but is actually quite simple. Older UF doesn't peel back as easy, but the UF manufactured in the last 10 years is no problem. The jacket on the older UF seemed to be molded to the conductors or was made with a different material and didn't come off quite as easy.

 

mcjunk; That's exactly what I do, I've found if it don't want to split you can just score it up the middle and it'll rip just fine.