Do you really need insulated tools?

Zerax · Dec 7, 2020

For me... part of having VDE tools is that it's easier to tell others which bag tools go into... if they're insulated, they go in that bag... if not, they go in the other bag.

JBW175 · Dec 7, 2020

i'm a fan of insulated tools for all occasions, watched one of my best mates put a none insulated screwdriver through a hole of a fuse carrier in a 3P DB.

don't know why he did it and nor does he, he was only meant to be pulling the fuses to isolate the fire pumps, he just had a moment of madness.

thankfully he's never done anything as bone since then; and the look of shear terror he had on his face after he received a belt has always served as a stark reminder of why we take electrical safety seriously...

over 20 years later we still give him sh@t about it.

ElectroChem · Dec 7, 2020

We use insulated tools for the same reason we prove dead after isolation.
Because "I thought it wasn't live" makes a shitty tombstone.

Pete999 · Dec 7, 2020

JBW175 said:
i'm a fan of insulated tools for all occasions, watched one of my best mates put a none insulated screwdriver through a hole of a fuse carrier in a 3P DB.

don't know why he did it and nor does he, he was only meant to be pulling the fuses to isolate the fire pumps, he just had a moment of madness.

thankfully he's never done anything as bone since then; and the look of shear terror he had on his face after he received a belt has always served as a stark reminder of why we take electrical safety seriously...

over 20 years later we still give him sh@t about it.

If you didn't have insulated tools there would be nothing for Tool Tarts to collect.

littlespark · Dec 7, 2020

Disclaimer. The following is written very tongue in cheek. Don’t follow this advice!

Life hack!

if you need an insulated screwdriver.... you know, when you really really can’t be bothered to turn off the power.... (Fusebox is in the cupboard, under the stair. Need to shift all that stuff!)
Just get any normal screwdriver, and a roll of insulating tape!

pc1966 · Dec 7, 2020

ElectroChem said:
We use insulated tools for the same reason we prove dead after isolation.
Because "I thought it wasn't live" makes a shitty tombstone.

Sadly it is not just a joke:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/302726406188616489/

You have to admire the honesty there...