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Wire stripper tool
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jcthorne
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Sorry I took your post the wrong way and I am glad to see you found a video showing how it works. Have a Merry Christmas and hope Santa brought you some great things this year.
BLUEKNIGHT911
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THIS WIRE STRIPPER
:agree:.....The stripper shown can be bought on E-bay for about $ 10 shipped free......just a thought........Mike .................Merry Christmas :thumbup:
IdahoMtnSpyder
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I have to admit that after I posted my comment above I got to thinking I have done this very same thing. It works as long as the insulation is soft enough to compress along the wire, which is the case with most all automotive wire. I don't think it does though with wire that has THHN insulation on it like most house wire does nowadays. THHN is more dense and thinner than the common TW insulation.
One problem I ran into several years ago with a new pair. I have a Craftsman stripper like the one you linked to I got over 40 years ago. Works superbly well. I decided to buy a new one back in 2008 when I was building my house. I don't recall if it was a Klein or a house brand one from either Home Depot or Lowes. The holes for the wires were larger than those in my Craftsman stripper. Exact same design otherwise. The stripper simply would not cut through and pull off the THHN insulation off of the 14 and 12 gauge house wire. I returned them.
Lew L
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Solder???
The guys in the video didn't mention soldering the joint. IMHO it's the best way to get a good electrical connection that is mechinicaly strong and ( if done correctly) corrosion resistant.
Yamaha, in all its wisdom , made a crimp connection on the V-Max that caused all kinds of resistence problems with the bike. It's common V-Max procedure to find this crimp ( not difficult) and solder it ( again not difficult ). An instant one volt gain to the headlight circuit:shocked:. I know 8% voltage gain dosen't seem like much---- but in a headlight circuit it cirtianly make a noticable difference.
Bad electrical connections cause:::::::::
Kaos
The guys in the video didn't mention soldering the joint. IMHO it's the best way to get a good electrical connection that is mechinicaly strong and ( if done correctly) corrosion resistant.
Yamaha, in all its wisdom , made a crimp connection on the V-Max that caused all kinds of resistence problems with the bike. It's common V-Max procedure to find this crimp ( not difficult) and solder it ( again not difficult ). An instant one volt gain to the headlight circuit:shocked:. I know 8% voltage gain dosen't seem like much---- but in a headlight circuit it cirtianly make a noticable difference.
Bad electrical connections cause:::::::::
Kaos
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