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Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van

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Freedom. This is my DOWELL wire stripper.

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I used it for smaller wires and

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found it good value.

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Over time, its cutting and stripping edges

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wore down and became dull.

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Here is how this manual hand tool

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fitted into my wire preparation,

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and how that job differs from making

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the connection afterward. The matching product picture

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shows the wire-size openings,

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cutting section and plier-style handles.

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The openings are the part used to

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select a stripping size.

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The cutter has a different job: cutting

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through the wire. Those two functions share

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a hand tool, but they act on

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different parts of the preparation sequence.

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My roof-wiring photographs show the passenger-side junction

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box and the conduit route toward the

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larger entry enclosure. I labeled the lead

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running into the van before stripping its

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ends and making the connections.

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The illustrative workshop footage shows measuring and

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holding work. My actual photographs place the

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wiring stages around the boxes and pipe

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on the roof. Stripping removes insulation from

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the end while leaving the conductor available

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for a connection. Cutting sets the length

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of the wire itself.

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The diagram separates the outer covering,

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the conductor and the prepared end.

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This is the useful distinction when comparing

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a wire stripper with a dedicated cable

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cutter in the tool kit.

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My experience was good value for smaller-wire

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work, followed by wear on the working

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edges. Both the cutting and stripping edges

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became dull with use.

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That is part of the ownership story,

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alongside the initial usefulness of the tool.

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The condition of those edges became something

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to consider as the tool continued through

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the build. The matching DEWALT heat-gun picture

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shows another tool from my electrical kit.

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My D C E five-thirty B handled

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heat-applied connection work and tubing around wire

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joints. It came after the preparation stage.

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The stripper exposed the wire ends; the

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heat gun supplied heat for the later

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sleeves and covering. They had separate roles

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around the same wiring work.

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My page compares two researched alternatives.

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The Klein ten-eleven has manual wire-size notches.

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The IRWIN two zero seven eight three

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zero zero uses self-adjusting jaws.

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Their matching pictures show the different jaw

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arrangements. My firsthand review here belongs to

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the DOWELL I used,

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including the wear I experienced on its

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edges. Thanks for watching.

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I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom.

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The full DOWELL review,

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my roof-wiring photographs, related heat-gun account and

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current buying options are linked below.

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Until next time.