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14 March 2017
Professional stripper
It's nice to get a tool that you can take out of the packaging, use and it does what it says it will do. This works really well for stripping flat cables, and the cutting back insulation to your required length all in a couple of squeezes of the handles. I've found it much quicker than other methods of cutting and stripping the outer insulation and then dealing with the cores. So far I've not had any damage to the insulation on the conductors.
It's a lightweight too so easy on the hand and it seems durable.
It's not the cheapest stripper on the market but you get what you pay for.
05 November 2017
Wiska Combi Junction Box
German designed and made and so a quality piece of kit. These are now the only junction boxes I use (they do other bigger ones as well). The lid opens by quarter turning the four captive plastic lock nuts in each corner. Inside you get a terminal block and mounting strip. The mounting strip can be used to fix the box in awkward locations or you can use the holes provided in each corner for screw fixings.
The box comes with 8 pre-threaded (20mm) gland connection points, two on each side. Glands (plastic or metal) screw into the access and as you tighten it up a plastic membrane inside breaks away from the hole. The other access points remain sealed until used to keep the moisture out. As the holes are already threaded there is no messing about trying to tighten up a lock nut on the inside. The lock nuts aren't needed.
If you're using with SWA cable, to make the earth connection a seperate earth clamp is available; each of these span one side so do two cable entries.
I've found these to have plenty of room for whatever type of cable connector you might want to use or for the supplied terminal block. The bellied box cover does give you that extra bit of room if you need it.
Overall these are easy to use, light in weight and flexible. There are accessories you can buy to increase that flexibility if you need to and depending upon the installation you are doing.
14 March 2017
Great sign
I ordered this Saturday afternoon and had it first thing on Tuesday morning. The seller provides an opportunity to amend the text and I took advantage of this and so ended up with a custom sign much cheaper than I was quoted elsewhere and in a much shorter timeframe.
The sign itself is A4 landscape so it's a good size and highly visible from some distance away. It's a nice bright red background that gives good contrast with the white lettering. It's in the form of a large sticker adhered onto a piece of lightweight yet rigid foamboard. It's slightly flexible if you need that but rigid enough to mount directly.
All in all my first impressions are of a quality product.