Apprentice Electrician, discuss my tools!

[Daniel Oake]

27 years old, come from a domestic general building background; I have taken some pictures of my current tools that I take to site (week 4 as an apprentice)

The electrical company I work for do a lot of everything from domestic, commercial to industrial, I have a small list of tools that I really need but I wanted to know what YOU think are your go to tools when you go to work, can members draft me a small list of tools that they use more often than not when dealing with commercial and industrial please as I would really appreciate your input in building a fair selection of tools for future

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[Andy78]

Can't see the pic for some reason.

 

[Andy78]

See it now through the link.

The gear you have is a good start. I would add......
Voltage indicator
Decent sidecutters, pliers, and long nose pliers. Go VDE for comfort and safety
Adjustable square
Metal file
Junior hacksaw
3.5mm rethreading tool
Spirit level
If you do bashing out, lump hammer, scutch chisel, cold chisel etc

You can add other stuff as you go along. If you have to borrow it twice then you need one yourself.

Suggestions might be.......
specialist cable strippers (tons of types out there)
bush spanners
socket set
rubber/plastic hammer if needed
punch down tool
ratchet driver
allen/hex keys
crimping tool

And if you get bitten by tool tartery, then you'll be buying every week for the rest of your career

 

[Toneyz]

Tool tartery are you referring to Pete there!

 

[Leesparkykent]

2 x water pump pliers
1x CK bush wrench
1x cable shears
1x 6-25mm ratchet crimpers

 

[Deleted member 26818]

Cable croppers (already has side cutters), another pair of slip joint pliers, swap the adjustable wrenches for slim jaw (Bahco type), junior hacksaw, magnetic torpedo or boat spirit level, adjustable set square,, round file, flat or half round file, chalk line plum-bob or laser, red, blue, yellow ratchet crimper, straight tin snips, 10, 11, 13 & 17mm combination spanners, dumpy flat head screwdriver and draw wire.

 

[Andy78]

Tool tartery are you referring to Pete there!

More my own habits, but yeah Pete too.

 

[The Ghost]

Bush spanner
Conduit cutter
Cone drill/stepping drill bit
automatic punch
Security bit set
Metal nibbler
12mm cold chisel
Electricians scissors

 

[telectrix]

if doing domestic, a SDS scutch chisel is a must. sod banging your hand with a 4lb hammer.

 

[Daniel Oake]

Bush spanner
Conduit cutter
Cone drill/stepping drill bit
automatic punch
Security bit set
Metal nibbler
12mm cold chisel
Electricians scissors

im not sure about electricians scissors, when do you use them most?

 

[telectrix]

im not sure about electricians scissors, when do you use them most?

for cutting his hair.he's too tight to go to the barber's..

 

[The Ghost]

I use scissors for all sorts, a lot for cutting labels to size from my label printer. As well I use them for cutting insulation tape so it is all neat. I also find them useful to cut cables when you can't get pliers or side cutters in. They are also used to score flexibles with the crescent in them. Very useful to have on you for cutting strings in cables and lots of other odd jobs. Oh I forgot:Electrician Knife.

 

[telectrix]

I use scissors for all sorts, a lot for cutting labels to size from my label printer. As well I use them for cutting insulation tape so it is all neat. I also find them useful to cut cables when you can't get pliers or side cutters in. They are also used to score flexibles with the crescent in them. Very useful to have on you for cutting strings in cables and lots of other odd jobs.

I use them for cutting insulation tape so it is all neat

i still got my own teeth for that.

 

[Timbo]

I use them for cutting insulation tape so it is all neat

i still got my own teeth for that.

Doesn't the alcohol in your breath disolve the adhesive?

 

[Tes369]

* Flat ------- cut file.

* Half Round ------- cut file.

* ------- cut Rat tail file.

* Deburing tool (Bacho style)

* Engineers Square small, medium and large.

*Centre punch (spring loaded) = stops your drill wandering when drilling trunking etc...

* Wera big flat head screwdriver black and yellow with metal end for hammering home lock nuts. ( found in toolstation)