Insulated tools yes or no....

[Dustydazzler]

having watched a fair few YouTube videos or various electrical installation work around the world (sad I know)...

But one thing I did notice is how any electricians in say America, Canada and ASia who don’t use insulated gripe tools

They just use standard screwdrivers , pliers , cutters etc , yes they often have a rubber or plastic grip but not proper insulated

Thoughts ?

 

[Silly Sausage]

The obvious answer is obviously uninsulated, because it's a major league serious contravention of some doctrine or other that one shouldn't be working (testing) live

 

[Silly Sausage]

The obvious answer is obviously uninsulated, because it's a major league serious contravention of some doctrine or other that one shouldn't be working (testing) live

 

[edexlab]

Recently a meccy with dubious " foreign electrical quals" was at work and he was asked to disconnect a temporary supply 3 phase from a machine

He jumped straight in with his non insulated screwdriver and got a 240v shock as he hadn't isolated the supply.

We were talking about the incident and it came up that in a weird way he was actually lucky he had used non insulated as if he'd have been using VDE he would more than likely received a 400v shock as he would have disconnected the 3 phases and grabbed hold of them to pull out of the terminal area!
Supervisor was severely reprimanded for this as 4 non electricians had shocks doing this over 3 or 4 weeks
Now only qualified personnel and not self proposed competent people are allowed to do anything regarding mains voltages
Although the safe isolation procedure here is a joke!

 

[Deleted member 26818]

I'f I'm working on a motor, I'll use non-insulated tools.
I'f I were working on a door, kitchen cabinet, bath panel, etc. I'd use whatever was readily available.
For general electrical work, I would use insulated tools.
For industrial and commercial electrical work, I'd use both insulated and non-insulated tools.
For live electrical work, I'd use insulating tools.
for explosive atmospheres, I'd use non-magnetic/non-sparking tools.

 

[Paul P]

No insulated screwdrivers here never seen the need. Side cutters yes. Don’t have pliers at work only loose them. Maybe it’s because I am old and we never had them when I was an apprentice.