My collection attached. Two pairs of the 'Stripmaster' type - 0.05mm2 to 0.5mm2 on one, and 0.75mm2 to 6mm2 on the other, no need to change blades; depth stops are really handy.
These are v good, but the drawback is the minimum wire length, due to the size of the jaws that seize the wire - need 18mm (plus the stripped length), more if the wire is buried among many others, eg on multicores.
Pictured 'Engineer' PA-14 bought for that reason, good results too; I recommended their mini- and micro-crimp tools just yesterday on a sep thread.
They're not auto adjusting, but - if I understand correctly that you mean something that squeezes flat blades the 'correct' amount so as not to damage the conductors - they don't need this. PA-14 and Stripmasters have circular blades that cut cleanly all round without strand damage.
HTH,
AP
PS Also pictured: 'Tor' for stripping outer jackets. Min cable dia: 4.5mm, Max cable dia: 40mm (with larger hook); max jacket depth: 4.5mm. Also recommended.
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High current (50A to 5000A for example) should not be soldered. The solder can melt from the current and then arc which can start a fire and it goes downhill fast from there. In the US "split bolts", a special clamp, are used for high current connections. I suppose you could weld the copper but that's not too practical. In my "electric shop" training a long time ago, they showed us how to splice wires. No solder, just a special twist and lots of "friction" tape. Those joints are still working in many 100+ year old houses. But not what I would use for running an electric range.
I'm not even clear that split-bolts are legal, though they sure are widely used. (EDIT: They are UL and CSA listed.)
There are much better splices for high current.
Twist-tape "can" be reliable in dry places. Depends on skill and obsession. The time to make one for-sure forever-good twist splice, you cudda done several wirenuts.
Grounding conductors are sometimes welded with a Thermite-like process. Key ground conductors may not be spliced, but thermal welding is excepted. Ground bonds will rarely carry much current but in a fault the current may be BIG. And they are not fused, and a fuse would be less-safe. A welded connection is as good as the rest of the run, while any other splice may be a weak-spot and fail when most needed.
There are much better splices for high current.
Twist-tape "can" be reliable in dry places. Depends on skill and obsession. The time to make one for-sure forever-good twist splice, you cudda done several wirenuts.
Grounding conductors are sometimes welded with a Thermite-like process. Key ground conductors may not be spliced, but thermal welding is excepted. Ground bonds will rarely carry much current but in a fault the current may be BIG. And they are not fused, and a fuse would be less-safe. A welded connection is as good as the rest of the run, while any other splice may be a weak-spot and fail when most needed.
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This welding is UK practice.
It is used to interconnect the grid of Earthing rods to meet the "Earthing requirements" of the installation.
There is/are a test point break/s in the grid so that resistances through the copper/ground can be measured from one part of the grid to another part.
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