tv degaussing cable

**Mick** · 02-24-2012, 06:51 AM

The REALLY easy way is to stretch it between two poles and go down it with the flat side of a grinder.

**GeorgeB** · 02-27-2012, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by Mick

The REALLY easy way is to stretch it between two poles and go down it with the flat side of a grinder.

I take it, by doing that, that the grinder is essentially "grinding" just the degaussing cable down to the copper wire, correct?

**Mick** · 02-27-2012, 05:41 AM

Originally Posted by GeorgeB

I take it, by doing that, that the grinder is essentially "grinding" just the degaussing cable down to the copper wire, correct?

That's what I do but you need to take it easy on it. You can tell when it gets to the copper but you'll still go through a few strands.

**eesakiwi** · 03-13-2012, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Mick

The REALLY easy way is to stretch it between two poles and go down it with the flat side of a grinder.

I tried that with a 4inch grinder just to see what happens.

And I really thought it would work well....

What happened was..
The grinder disc grinds thru the top of the plastic where theres two layers of tape.

In between, where theres one layer of tape, it grinds thru it & hits the copper wire.
As it grinds thru the tape, it pulls the glue out & that stays stuck to the disc.

At the same time as it grinds the copper wire, the little copper grindings stay stuck to the disc.
Then, as the disc comes around again, it picks up more glue & drops some of the copper grit off back onto the copper wire & glue.

What I ended up with was a really sticky & gritty 'fine copper' wire with lots of sticky bits of tape stuck to it.
I couldn't get the disc to do long cuts thru the insulation & so ended up with a long bunch of sticky gritty slices to the insulation layer.

It degraded the wire a bit, I couldn't get the '#1 clean bare copper' price for it (I don't anyway, just Copper #2 price)
It didn't save time, a boxcutter knife does a better job, it just takes a while.

Incidentally, The next one I just used a boxcutter knife on it.
Looped the coil over a cupboard door knob & pushed down with my foot...

Then the cupboards screws decided to let go & the whole thing fell down the wall...

Whump, glass all over the place. Thankfully the cat wasn't at his bowl at the time.

I'm back to using a knife & looking for a stripper.