Rant: 8 years of installing panels with the wrong wire strippers. My foreman in Chicago finally showed me the light.

I've been doing residential alarm installs since 2016. Always used those cheap blue handled Klein strippers for everything. 22 gauge, 18 gauge, whatever. Thought that's just how it was. Last month my foreman, old school guy named Dave, watched me struggle stripping a bundle of 4 wires for a fresh panel. He just laughed, handed me a pair of Ideal T-strippers. Said, 'Try those.' Took me 5 seconds per wire instead of 20. No nicked conductors. No frustration. I felt like an idiot. Been making the job harder than it needed to be for almost a decade. Anyone else have a simple tool swap that changed how you work?

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clark.robin10d ago

Heard a guy say T-strippers are life changing for alarm work.

sagew5010d ago

Totally agree @clark.robin, made my life so much easier on installs. Saves a ton of time stripping those tiny wires.