On Jan 21, 9:09*am, "Dave M." wrote:
Robert,

* *I own a wire stripper which is a series of holes, each marked with the
gauge. Such strippers are quite common. I'd strip the wire and then pass it
through the various holes until I got a close fit. That should be the gauge,
near about. The difference between 18 and 14 should be obvious.
* *My tool is a stripper, cutter, crimper, et c. multi-tool.

Dave M.
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The general form factor of mine:
http://www.crimping-tool.com/Cable-C...e-stripper.jpg

Strange, I have to use 16AWG slot to avoid stripping strands from
18AWG copper and 14AWG slot to avoid stripping strands from 16AWG and
so on.

-CC