Roland,
I know you're an experienced tech but even us old dogs can still learn a few new tricks once in a while. :^)
Here's a simple technique that will allow you to strip small gauge solid core wire all day and never nick the conductor. Grab the insulation with your side cutters just tightly enough to pull it. Do NOT cut through it. Now pull the insulation away from the end of the wire. It will break off without damaging the core. I've done it that way for many years and it never breaks.
The only time I nick wires is when my dikes are dull. By far I have had more stray strands cause problems then nicked solid wires. And when roughing a house is pulls over the trusses sooooo much more better and faster than stranded.
Im with you Crash, I also use solid core wire. I guess my eyes are not good enough for stranded because its always the little strand I didnt see that causes the false alarm. I buy new wire strippers about once a year to make sure they are sharp.
James
I am not worried about ME doing the nick job. It's these guys that you pay on Friday that do that for you. You just get to live with the results. Therefore to avoid all that fun it is easier just to get rid of the problem to begin with. As a practical matter if video and access is the majority of the work you do, then there is not that much of that type of wire to pull or trim.
I think I'll try and find some pictures of the wire runs we have to pull.
There's a solution to that -- training. In my company we taught each new installer how to do it just as we taught them how to do every other aspect of the job. I rarely hired people away from other companies. There was always too much bad training for them to unlearn.
I had one guy who worked with me for nearly twenty years. Len was one of the best installers I've ever known. The guy could wire a brick... concealed. :^) He's still in the business.
Look at the original and notice my foot in mouth regarding shaky hands "Perhaps if you shouldn't" ? That's what I get for being a wiseass.
El Correction: Everywhere Man wrote: I use solid all the way, and never have an issue with nicks. Perhaps you shouldn't hire epileptic installers. Hire a reliable moyul for snipping cables :-)
here we use solid for everything but 2 thing
access reader cabling and latch/electromagnet...
why? cause we cant find flexible enough solid 18/7 shielded for readers this can be real pain to fish....
and we use 18/2 stranded cause it wont break easily when placed in a current transfer ..
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Happy Hanukah to you too...
You mean it ain't?
I take exception! I have all of the social graces, I am just not housebroken yet.
What's a candel bra, is that what Madonna wears?
Nope, I really mean 18/7 + shield
we use the extra pair not used in the cabling for arming request,or for the second reader data 0 and 1 on in/out doors in the last case the power (black,red) and the led line (brown) are common for both reader and green/white is data for reader in the other pair, data for reader out....
here we have 2 kind of those cable one have red,black,white,green,orange,blue and brown,the other one (with much more thicker jacket) have the same colour scheme but the last one is white with black spot..
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Yeah. We have "weird wire" here. Fire cable comes in "odd" conductors. 18/3, 18,5, 18/7, etc. That's because CAN/ULC-S524 (Installation Standard for Fire Alarm Systems) requires every device backbox be bonded to ground. Ask "FireTek". He's the expert.
even the plastic ones? :)
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