Shortening Light Sensor Wires

[Matt Krass]

Originally Posted by Liu_yiang

Hey, does anyone know of a way to strip the black insulation off the light sensor? We need to shorten them down A LOT, but the last time I tried to lengthen the wires I almost sliced the blue and white ones off.

Tips? Tricks?

I've had decent luck with using a knife to score a complete circle 3 or 4 times around, not actually cutting all the way through, and the firmly twisting the insulation you want to remove, it usually tears neatly along the score, and can be slipped off.

I've only done this with 6" lengths, it tends to get harder with longer bits to remove, but you could repeat the procedure a few times as necessary.

Matt