an electricians most essential tool/tools

[Paul.M]

Internet phone so you can post a question on the forum when you get stuck.

 

[telectrix]

Internet phone so you can post a question on the forum when you get stuck.

only just worked out how to read a text. internet on phone would addle my brains.

 

[adslev]

toolbelt,like what the chippies wear,beats things falling out your pockets/stabbing yourself

Ahh but all sparks should wear snickers thus removing the stabbing, losing tools conundrum!

 

[mayfair]

You forgot the tippex and the neon tester

Well if I'm being serious then at the mo all I needed is a mft, terminal driver, side cutters and a pen!

 

[topquark]

Ahh but all sparks should wear snickers thus removing the stabbing, losing tools conundrum!

I think my eyesight has finally gone just read that as:

all sparks should wear nickers!

 

[telectrix]

I think my eyesight has finally gone just read that as:

all sparks should wear nickers!

well. they say it takes all sorts.

 

[Monks]

I'm amazed that tape measures and levels haven't been mentioned thus far. Don't know if it's true, but I heard once that tape measures were the most common tool that electricians lost/ misplaced. I would have thought that snips and terminals would have went missing the most considering how often they are used.

 

[gas man]

when i do electrical fault finding on boilers my martindale and multi meter are the first things i use but i suppose decent electrical drivers and a good cutters would be essential for a sparks as well

 

[adslev]

You forgot the tippex and the neon tester

Neon tester, sure my tongue is as good! All dead tests at the mo, supply cables haven't been pulled into any db at the hospital I'm testing, and the tipex has been lost, ahh well someone at the office using amtech will have to decipher my scribblings!

 

[Ponty Massive]

Flask and 20 smokes!!!

 

[bugsy]

Stop watch!

 

[gas man]

a means of isolation for the gas fitters boiler nowhere near the boiler LOL richie if your a member on here teasing mate LOL

 

[somersetsparks]

selection of spanners,
stocks and dies,
eagle beaks,
bush spanner,
box spanners,
Hacksaw and its little brother,
bootlace crimpers
tin snips,
pump pliers,
claw hammer,
riveter,
socket set,
string line,
boat level,
sidecutters
screwdrivers
etc..etc..

oh.. and like ponty says 20 smokes, its the only thing that if I forget I will have turn around immediately and drive to the shop

Problem is the list is endless so depending on what im doing, I usually only take what I need onto site and leave the rest in the stores/van tio avoid future back problems!

 

[Bradzz]

My HANDS!!!! and whatever tools are needed to complete the jobs
Did i win the pen, or dusty bin, blankety blank check book and pen. dam lol

 

[fuzzydunlop]

I've got a full set of Gedore 1B spanners (3-36mm) what sizes will I need to put in my case for day to day use?