Electrical

Supplies,
STARTING OUT RIGHT Materials,
& Tools
BE THE CHANGE

you want to see

IN THE WORLD. Mahatma Gandhi – Civil Rights Activist

The Electrician’s Tool Pouch
• The Electrician’s tool pouch is essential in
that it helps kept electrical tools organized.
The tool pouch allows the right tools at
hand which makes the job more efficient.
• The electrician must have proper tools for
the job.
• Tools must be maintain and kept in good
working condition.
• Certain tools are essential, and without
them the electrician should not attempt to
do any type of wiring.
• Listed are the basic hand tools that are
Chinese Saying
essential to electrical wiring.

WATER DROPS PIERCE STONE;

ROPE SAWS CUT WOOD.
 There is not a particle of life which does not bear

Poetry
Electrical Specific Hand Cutting Tools
within it.

Needle-nose pliers Lineman’s pliers (side cutters)

-Forming loops on small conductors -Cutting large conductors
-Cutting and stripping small -Forming loops on large conductors
conductors -Pulling and holding large conductors

Diagonal pliers (dykes) Wire strippers

-Cutting small conductors -Stripping insulation from conductors
-Cutting conductors in limited -Cutting small conductors
spaces -Crimping wire lugs

Gustav Flaubert – French Novelist

Electrical Specific Hand Tools
Tap tool Phillips screwdriver
-Equipping drill holes with bolt threads -Installing and removing phillips-head
-Retapping damaged threads screws
-Determining bolt size

Flat-blade screwdriver
-Installing and removing slot-head screws

Center punch
-Making center tap in wood or metal for
drilling

what should NOT be forgotten.

Write
Isabel Allende – Chilean Author
Surely something resides in this heart that is not perishable

and life is more than a dream.

Mary Wollstonecraft – British Philosopher & Feminist

 Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking.
.
Electrical Specific Hand Tools
Steel measuring tape
Hacksaw • Measuring conduit and cable
• Cutting large conductors and
cables
• Cutting conduit, metal, or
bolts

Nut driver
Adjustable wrenches • Installing and removing nuts
• Used for turning bolts, nuts, and bolts
and small pipe fittings • Tightening and loosening nuts
and long bolts

Black Elk – Oglala Sioux Medicine Man

 We can only see a SHORT distance ahead,
but we can see
Electrician's
Essential Tools PLENTY
there that needs to be done.
Electrician’s hammer Circuit tester
• Diving and pulling nails • Checking circuits for power
• Opening wooden crates and breaking • Checking fuses and breakers
plasterboard
Electrician’s knife
Hex key set (Allen wrenches)
• Opening paper cartons
• Installing and removing Allen screws
• Stripping cables and large conductors

Alan Turing – British Computer Scientist

 If you are always trying to be normal,
Tools Used you willAMAZING
never know how

for Specialty you can be.

Work Conduit bender
• Bending conduit for conductor installation
Steel fish tape and reel
• Pulling conductors through conduit
• Pulling cables through insulated walls

Sheet metal Cutters

Rotating speed screwdrivers
• Used for cutting and trimming
• Used for trim work, installing switch sheet metal
and receptacles

Maya Angelou – American Poet

 If you can't fly, then RUN.
If you can't run, then WALK.
If you can't walk, then CRAWL.
But whatever you do,
YOU HAVE TO KEEP MOVING.
Rules for care of hand tools Martin Luther King, Jr. – Civil Rights Activist
and Pastor

-There are many more hand and power tools that electricians will use in residential
and commercial wiring.
-All tools should be used only for the purpose intended.
-It is the electrician’s responsibility to keep his or her tools sharp, clean, and
lubricated.
-A well maintained tool has a longer life and is safer than an improperly maintained
tool.
-Repair tools when possible, but discard worn or damaged tools.
 Factors For Purchasing Tools

“Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.”

– Winston Churchill