[ponyboy]

So my knipex install pliers showed up today and due to an oversight on my part they are tooled for European conductor sizes.

Hopefully the picture turned out, I'm on my phone. Does anyone know offhand how this will work on 12 and 14 awg?

 

[BBQ]

This thread is very disappointing and does not deliver as promised.

 

[ponyboy]

This thread is very disappointing and does not deliver as promised.

Just gimme a sec

 

[Awg-Dawg]

This thread is very disappointing and does not deliver as promised.

How do you think I feel

 

[ponyboy]

This thread is very disappointing and does not deliver as promised.

Here you go. Now answer the question

 

[Big John]

How do you think I feel

:laughing:

 

[MTW]

No, they won't work, at least not well. I have to strip metric wire all the time and AWG strippers either cut off the strands, or don't cut the insulation enough to strip easily. The exact same thing will happen using a metric stripper on AWG wire.

 

[Big John]

It never even would've occurred to me until after-the-fact. Can you return them for an SAE version?

 

[ponyboy]

It never even would've occurred to me until after-the-fact. Can you return them for an SAE version?

I don't think so anymore....

I got them from an overseas seller apparently. The trouble of returning them and then waiting for the new ones doesn't gel with my compulsion for instant gratification. I'll buy new ones and either sell these or just keep them around; I do work on foreign machines from time to time

 

[ponyboy]

How do you think I feel

I just got the joke haha. Wow

 

[rexowner]

To answer your question, it may not be that great.

AFAIK:
The ".7-1.5" strippers will roughly correspond to
18-16 gauge.
The 2.5 rougly corresponds to 14AWG.

For 12, you will have to back off on the pressure, or get
a tool meant for that wire size.

 

[five.five-six]

You will nick your #12s if they are solid.

 

[uconduit]

It never even would've occurred to me until after-the-fact. Can you return them for an SAE version?

SAE = society of automotive engineers

AWG = American wire gauge

 

[Big John]

SAE = society of automotive engineers

AWG = American wire gauge

Point. I say SAE whenever I mean "not metric." Maybe I shouldn't.

 

[ponyboy]

UPDATE: They work just fine for 12 stranded. Not even the tiniest of a knick. Haven't tried 14 yet

 

[Marcus]

Just use adjustable strippers?

Or better still, use proper cables sizes like the rest of the world

 

[Spunk#7]

I got a pair on Amazon,got to pay Jersey sales tax,but they arrived for use in the US. I started abusing em' yesterday, used em' for a hammer,pry bar, twisted the crap out of em' and they are still fine. Klein better start paying attention! I also got a pair NWS cable cutters and a set of bolt cutters,they all work as Nik said! I definitely am not buying that Fluke 289!

 

[uconduit]

Just use adjustable strippers?

Or better still, use proper cables sizes like the rest of the world

AWG was established before the rest of the world even heard of electricity so how could that be improper,

 

[five.five-six]

Point. I say SAE whenever I mean "not metric." Maybe I shouldn't.

I'm with you, except I say Whitworth whenever I mean not metric.