Insulated tweezers any recommendations?

[Michael J]

It gets worse, you should see the 3 phase Switch/fuse isolators on the oven circuits. I'll post them on Inspection and testing forum

 

[sam400]

I’ve also got a pair of the knipex plastic pliers- good bit of kit to have,
I frightened myself into buying them when I blew the end off a pair of pliers on a 100A supply.
I now use the plastic pliers and wear goggles in live DBs!

 

[Pete999]

I’ve also got a pair of the knipex plastic pliers- good bit of kit to have,
I frightened myself into buying them when I blew the end off a pair of pliers on a 100A supply.
I now use the plastic pliers and wear goggles in live DBs!

Shouldn't be working in live DBs Mate??!!

 

[sam400]

Sorry I won’t do it again!
You’ve done well to never work in a live board yourself, good on yer.

 

[Michael J]

I think most of us have worked on a live board, sometimes you have no choice. EG fault finding, can't switch all the circuits off when conducting an IR test on dead circuit.

 

[Squid]

Don’t go poking around in a live CU.

Insulated or not, needle nose pliers are the answer.

Pffft live a little you lot need some entertainment it your lives......... ;o))))

 

[littlespark]

We have all worked on live db’s....
the discussion here is about how to hook a particular cable among a load of live ones.
If you’re poking a finger, metal hook or long nosed pliers into a tangle of live spaghetti it’s easy to find a loud bang and an extra 4 hours of work repairing a problem that wouldn’t have happened if the board was isolated.

 

[Michael J]

We have all worked on live db’s....
the discussion here is about how to hook a particular cable among a load of live ones.
If you’re poking a finger, metal hook or long nosed pliers into a tangle of live spaghetti it’s easy to find a loud bang and an extra 4 hours of work repairing a problem that wouldn’t have happened if the board was isolated.

It would be a last resort to work on a live board, not an everyday event.

 

[Squid]

It would be a last resort to work on a live board, not an everyday event.

Did it yesterday, 5 mins work reconnecting up a security light.

Well all my garden lights off the neighbours CSU if I had turned it off he may have twigged somethings up. Next week I connect up the sauna and hot tub.........