On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:52:54 +0000, Graeme
wrote:


I have a fair quantity of mains cable, and would like to remove all the
insulation without damaging the cable itself,

The cable is ordinary grey sheathed T&E. Removing the earth is easy,
and splits the outer sheath at the same time. Removing the insulation
from the remaining black and red cables is a pain.
Bright ideas?

You may find that heating the insulation with a hair dryer or
carefully applied heat gun will soften it enough that you can pull the
conductor through the insulation in the same way that you pulled the
earth from the sheath. needs a bit of practice ,too cool and the
insulation won't give, too hot it loses its strength and breaks into
short bits some still stuck to the conductor.


G.Harman