stripping inner sheath swa

[jumpin jax]

Is anyone finding it harder and harder to strip the inner sheath off in xlpe, especially being colder now?

 

[i=p/u]

nope... seems to just fall off

 

[Jimsparky]

Cheap cable all over the place. No powder in it.

 

[telectrix]

some are a bit iffy. some just peel like bananas, way past where you've scored it.

 

[jumpin jax]

nope... seems to just fall off

Where you buying yours from?

Theres no talc in mine, mine has the plastic wrapping

 

[SYKRAPS]

Where you buying yours from?

Theres no talc in mine, mine has the plastic wrapping

It si the plastic that causes the issue, try to twist it as you pull the same direction as the plastic is wrapped. A little heat also helps me I find.

 

[jumpin jax]

I did actually heat it up with a heat gun today just to try and its still a nightmare:13:

I was hoping someone was going to come up with a magic trick like stand on your left leg whilst quoting the lords prayer backwards that it would just slide off

 

[Guest55]

glanding 95mm 4c swa in a 35 deg C basement today.
the cables are heavier than i am.
you lot are ------- lol.
;-)

 

[Brightspark2]

Theres no talc in mine, mine has the plastic wrapping

Stripped one the other day it had 3 layers of wrapping, 2 white and one clear. Whats that about?.

 

[jumpin jax]

Its about time BASEC took control of this crap that is being produced.

 

[Gage]

With the bigger cables (70mm+) yeah, with smaller, not particularly.

 

[tigerpaul]

Some cable strips well, some is a nightmare! I seem to get more problems with bad glands. A lot of them seem to be made with less and less brass these days and I really struggle to get them screwed together.
Had some CW 32 glands the other day that were impossible to get on a 3c25. They were made by CMP. Found some others made by WISKA that went on perfectly first time!

 

[Robotstar5]

I find the XLPE harder to strip than good old PVC, particularly when stripping many metres for weighing in (not enough to justify a powered stripper)

 

[Brightspark2]

They were made by CMP. Found some others made by WISKA that went on perfectly first time!

Had the same problem but different size gland. A CW20 just would not go on, scoured the van and found a loose one (Different make) that went on first time.