External surface wiring

[ipf]

Job done , combination of hi tuff , wiska boxes and flex to the lights...

didnt look too bad as surface wiring goes

How was the hi tuff? I've had some really easy to strip and some rock solid.

 

[Dustydazzler]

How was the hi tuff? I've had some really easy to strip and some rock solid.

It wasn’t great to be honest , used a knife to score the outer sheath but was a pig to wiggle / pull the bit off...I’m glad I only had to make off 4 ends.
FP is much easier to strip imo

 

[davesparks]

It wasn’t great to be honest , used a knife to score the outer sheath but was a pig to wiggle / pull the bit off...I’m glad I only had to make off 4 ends.
FP is much easier to strip imo

That's kind of the point of hi-tuff, it is supposed to be tough!

 

[radiohead]

Older Hi-tuf, if you come across it, was a real pig, it was possible to waste 5 minutes trying to strip the outer sheath which was made of re-constituted granite superglued to the inner sheath.
Never had an issue with new stuff though. Just score round with a Stanley, flex it back and forth a few times and the outer sheath will usually pull of easily. If you need a longer conductor length then after scoring run the Stanley down the length to open it up before pulling off the sheath.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Older Hi-tuf, if you come across it, was a real pig, it was possible to waste 5 minutes trying to strip the outer sheath which was made of re-constituted granite superglued to the inner sheath.
Never had an issue with new stuff though. Just score round with a Stanley, flex it back and forth a few times and the outer sheath will usually pull of easily. If you need a longer conductor length then after scoring run the Stanley down the length to open it up before pulling off the sheath.

Some Flex can equally be a pig to Strip the outer sheath if they don’t put the white chalk powder in.
I had some white flex recently which you literal had to pull as hard as you could Just to remove 6 inches of Outer sheathing...

 

[ipf]

Older Hi-tuf, if you come across it, was a real pig, it was possible to waste 5 minutes trying to strip the outer sheath which was made of re-constituted granite superglued to the inner sheath.
Never had an issue with new stuff though. Just score round with a Stanley, flex it back and forth a few times and the outer sheath will usually pull of easily. If you need a longer conductor length then after scoring run the Stanley down the length to open it up before pulling off the sheath.

I had some about 12 months ago which was an absolute doddle to strip...then some last month as 'tuff' as owd boots. Both only 1.5 3 core but the second batch was slightly smaller, overall. Different suppliers , so different manufacturers and specs....they still do both.