Advice please (tools & kit)

[SPARK2B]

Hi guys and girls, hope your all enjoying your Sunday, be it work or pleasure.

as I have said before, I am at college doing the 2365 L2, just about to fin yr 1 of it in the next 6 or so weeks, am currently building up kit for work as a mate / trainee / gopher, was looking at the Fluke T90, but have heard that fluke kit is well known amongst electricians to have a limited life

(i forget the term, but its a kind of inbuilt failure idea, only designed to last a little while)....pre determind failure sort of thing ?

...anyway if someone can shed light on this, or advise another route to take away from the T90 for whatever reason,...i am all ears,......also, lockout kits, big or small kits, any advice on where to get good deals ??


as always, thanks in advance to you all

SPARK2B

 

[Simonslimline]

I would go for the fluke T5 myself.

 

[trev]

You'll only need a basic kit. Hammer- claw and lump, bolster chisel, sidecutters, pliers-bullnose and radio, a set of drivers, hacksaw etc.
Obviously you'll have to pay for quality gear but that will last a lot longer than poundshop crap, buy a bit each payday and before you know where you are you'll have a good set built up.
Maybe you should look at the CK Magma kit, I've seen them on fleabay for under £200

 

[Octopus]

Buy wisely, buy once.

Buy cheaply, buy many times!

 

[SPARK2B]

cheers guys!...i looked at the ck kit trev, but i do not like the drivers handles, seemed a shame to buy the kit (which is good) and not use them, went for wera kraftform laser tips instead. as for the poundshop kit,...well some people get wot they deserve....

altho, i looked at a fatmax torpedo level the other day in Robert dyers,...stuck it to the metal shelving, it fell off, tried another, thinking dodgy magnet, the same, wasn't cheep either,...odd!

next on list is cutters, pliers, strippers, all VDE,...which got me wondring , as a mate, does it all have to be VDE ?....its going to be anyway, .....just wondered....

again,...many thanks!

 

[trev]

Given what we do, do you think insulation is a good thing?

 

[Englishman]

Not all metal is magnetic mate...

 

[trev]

Some forms are even liquid at room temp!

 

[shanky887614]

cheers guys!...i looked at the ck kit trev, but i do not like the drivers handles, seemed a shame to buy the kit (which is good) and not use them, went for wera kraftform laser tips instead. as for the poundshop kit,...well some people get wot they deserve....

altho, i looked at a fatmax torpedo level the other day in Robert dyers,...stuck it to the metal shelving, it fell off, tried another, thinking dodgy magnet, the same, wasn't cheep either,...odd!

next on list is cutters, pliers, strippers, all VDE,...which got me wondring , as a mate, does it all have to be VDE ?....its going to be anyway, .....just wondered....

again,...many thanks!

Never buy a plastic level or everyone will start calling you nevile,

Wiha,knipex/draper are good snips at a reasonable price around £20

Ck are ok but I prefer wiha myself

 

[trev]

Bought a set of 6 Wiha drivers a couple of weeks back.
They are the dog's dangly bits, £24 inc the raggy mat

 

[SPARK2B]

......well, id assume so, but you would be surprised what i have heard (from ppl 16+20 yrs in the industry).....

the argument (from him) was " as a mate you wont need VDE,...."

...my answer was.....i wont be a mate for ever!! (also, i like to buy decent stuff).......but you know how some ppl can be, they know it all, and never will be told...

looking at ck at mo,......knipex are nice, costly, but i assume a good warrenty ?.....any suggestions ?

as always, much appreciated guys!!

 

[SPARK2B]

it stuck, ....just slid down.....my 11 year old neice looked at me and said,......that dont seem right!

bless!

 

[shanky887614]

Bought a set of 6 Wiha drivers a couple of weeks back.
They are the dog's dangly bits, £24 inc the raggy mat

I paid £35 for the 6 slimlime set and 180mm snips a while back

There are my favourite set

 

[SPARK2B]

have never used any wiha stuff, most other stuff iv used in some form or oter, be it VDE or not, stanly, draper, fatmax range, bahco, etc, never had any wiha,..may give it a go,.....heard good things..

 

[SPARK2B]

itll all get nicked anyway on site with my luck!...