8 Jun
2010
8 Jun
'10
11:34 a.m.
It's a bitch doing it with co-ax too. I usually
end up using a
retractable-blade Stanley knife to cut about half-way through the
insulation, then bend/twist it around the cut mark and it breaks apart
fairly easily. Then bend 180 degrees all four ways to make sure you
haven't nicked any of the internal wires.
Coax isn't too hard, since the braid is hard enouugh to feel different
if oyu touch it with the knife blade. Some the thinner audio cables with
a simple screen are a lot harder.
The words are unscreeend multicore cables, with lots of thin internal
wires. Vey easy to nick at least one.
The next trick you'd miss if you have
pre-stripped cable is the correct
length of the wires. The earth wire shold hace the most slack, so if the
cable clamp fials and the cable is pulled out of the plug, the earth
breaks last.
Easiest way to deal with that is to take off about 2.5" to 3" of outer
insulation, put the wire on top of the cable clamp, then cut the wires
back appropriately.