IDEAL Industries 45-176 Custom Stripmaster Wire Stripper, #10 to #14 AWG w/Grit Pad

The IDEAL 45-176 Custom Stripmaster strips #10 through #14 AWG. It handles both solid and stranded conductors in that range, so it covers the common branch circuit sizes an electrician works with daily. If your job runs smaller control or fixture wire below #14, this tool will not reach it.

Yes. The 45-176 is built for PVC and other miscellaneous insulations, and it is also rated for Type E M16878 600V wire. Each station has a counterbored hole sized to the insulation and an inner hole sized to the conductor, so the blade meets the copper without nicking it.

The blades are die-type, machined for the accuracy and precision needed to meet MIL-Specs, and the tool is called out for Type E M16878 600V wire. That is the reason aerospace and defense panel shops reach for a Custom Stripmaster rather than a general purpose adjustable stripper.

Die-type is the right call when you are stripping the same few gauges over and over and the strip has to be clean every time, as in panel build, control wiring, or MIL-Spec work. The 45-176 has fixed holes cut to #10 through #14 AWG, so there is nothing to set and nothing to drift out of adjustment. An adjustable stripper is the better tool when you need one pair to cover a wide, unpredictable range of sizes.

Order IDEAL Industries catalog number 45-176. That is the Custom Stripmaster configured for #10 to #14 AWG with the grit pad, and it ships as a single configuration with no options to specify.

The grit pad is the gripping surface that holds the wire while the die blades pull the insulation off. It keeps stranded conductors from sliding back through the jaws during the stroke, which is what lets the tool make a clean, repeatable strip length on #10 to #14 AWG.