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Terminating Twin and Earth

nicemark
I have been arguing about the methods of separating out the ends of twin and earth cable.


An old accepted trade method was to simply grip the earth wire and tear it out of the insulation to split the ends open.

However this puts considerable strain on the earth wire and in the case of 1mm wire it is very easy to stretch a significant amount. 


I was wondering if you there is data or evidence to demonstrate that this method is not acceptable. 

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    mmm interesting question , that isnt methodised , I have never had a bare earth break on me , using this method , but recently a chap with a new tool made stripping sheathing from flat twin and earth much easier , with stripping pliers , works every time , and he had some special long nose strippers for earth , only problem is when you have to strip a long bit , but that isnt often on twin and earth . so basically right tool and you can do a better termination only problem was they were £40 each .
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    mmm interesting question , that isnt methodised , I have never had a bare earth break on me , using this method , but recently a chap with a new tool made stripping sheathing from flat twin and earth much easier , with stripping pliers , works every time , and he had some special long nose strippers for earth , only problem is when you have to strip a long bit , but that isnt often on twin and earth . so basically right tool and you can do a better termination only problem was they were £40 each .
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