How to Strip Wire from 4/0 to 24 AWG

Learn a few different methods for how to strip wire. These tools, tips, and tricks for stripping wire will make your next DIY Camper Van electrical project much easier.

[mitchellbarnow]

Thank you for showing these great tools! Stripping wires correctly sure saves a lot of time and there’s no wasted wire.

[Mr.Schitzengigglez]

Just getting into wiring, but, I've been using a small tubing cutter for stripping larger wires.
Works exactly like the new tool you bought, except it was $3 at the dollar store, takes up less room, and will still be in my electrical toolbag when I die.

[william]

I wish I would’ve seen this video a few days ago we were stripping some wire and I had all the tools you show here that you used however I ended up using a more dangerous approach with a small razor knife and it was a royal pain I’ll remember your way from now on out I’m sure your way is much safer too👍

[mattbram]

Thanks for the video series!! Can also use a telephone man’s knife. It’s sharp enough to cut the insulation but dull enough not to slice your finger open :)

[RadoMich]

It took me few days to find this. Thanks!

[xlamontx]

I like that little yellow cutter with the adjustable blade for the larger cable. I will have to purchase one soon. Thanks.

[nosaltiesandrooshere]

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!

[JohnLee-bfux]

You made my day man. Thanks a lot. I have been meaning to buy that jokari cable stripper but wasn’t so sure.

[hanlong-leadingpliermanufa]

Good Job. We are also D.I.Y tool maker. Thank you for the video.

[wendybyrne]

Hi Nate- thanks for all the great videos you have posted. They are interesting and helpful for those of us working on our vans at home. I've certainly learned a lot from them and am nearly ready to push forward with this part of my van's improvements. However, I notice how hard it i to find videos or even pictures showing how to do very simple things like connecting the ground wire to the van chassis, and connecting the wires from the B2B charger to the starter battery. I've seen all the PDF/Diagrams... but how do I find real pictures of how folks get their cabin/house system wires attached to their engine/starter batteries? This lack could be due to fact that there are many options of how to accomplish this, but still it would be great to see some tutorials on how to actually get those wires connected.

[ParisHealth]

Hi, firstly thank you for all the info, building my 1st campervan and the power hook up is by far the most tricky part so far! In all your video's i've watched so far you sometime refer to other videos you've made and say the link will be in the discription but it isn't... you've said in this vid that the 1st part to cutting wires is linked in discription but there isn't a link, could you please share the link, thank you x

[edwardcullen]

This also depends on the quality of the cable. I bought a 3rd party MacBook magsafe 2 cable here in the UK. They're all made in China. Seem well made. They come with a molded end to fit into the charging block and 2 soldered cable ends to go into the pcb in the block.

I didn't wanna open the block. Too dangerous.

Most of my cable was fine, it was the magsafe connector end that needed replacing.

So I cut the 3rd party cable from the molded point.
I wanted to splice that and the cable attached to the block together.

But the outer insulation on the 3rd party cable was SO DENSE AND TIGHT, it was very hard to cut through with a razor blade and impossible to pull the insulation off. Literally impossible to pull off. THAT tight.

I used a razor because another issue with the cable is the wires inside were not to a standard size. So using wire strippers resulted in many broken strands.

[benearl]

The Blue Yellow show! If they dont find you hand ya better be handsome.

[ifell]

Great video, but I really don't think the Stanley blade solution is that terrifying.

[AgWhatsUp]

I'm hesitant to buy a dedicated wire stripper when I'm going to do a single solar DIY project only once for a very long time. That tool won't be used for so long.

[dylanstoecker]

how much insulation are we generally trying to strip back? For butt connectors and lever nuts? For lugs I'm guessing it would be the depth of the barrel?

[forevergoddessqueen]

YouTube should allow likes during playlist

[ermanakbay]

Regular wire stripper doesn't really work for stripping the insulation from flat wire. Half the time it also removes or at least damages the insulation from inner wires together with the outer one

[bigmikestan]

Whats the name if the yellow tool u use at the end ?

[LuisVillalobosYT]

Just found your channel! Great information. Simple and to the point. I have to re do some 4 gauge wires, and need to do 2 crimps. Lol spending $60 on crimping 2 of them seems a bit much for me at the moment, is there another option?