New Electricians Toolbox- Updated!

[Bane]

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An electrician?

 

[Dave McKay]

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A good selection of insulation tape
A few meters of Earth Sleeving
A few meters of single core cable

This new sparky is going to needs some money for all of these tools, if you send your donations to me, I will start a bank account for him!!!!

 

[tenheads]

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set of dogs for conduit
3.5mm tap for those threaded ko box lugs
yellow 77 for pulling singles through conduit
all the rest have been covered OR HAVE THEY LOL........

 

[Cirrus]

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yeah, yelow 77 is a good one!

Bear in mind it will vary according to you working on domestic or comm/ind. For example, I would say a 20/25mm bending spring is a necessity for comm/ind.

 

[Bane]

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So now we need someone to put ALL the above into a new single post for easy perusal


Volunteers anyone?

 

[tenheads]

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I have used it to pull down some capping in a domestic job mate very handy stuff and it smells ace!!

yeah, yelow 77 is a good one!

Bear in mind it will vary according to you working on domestic or comm/ind. For example, I would say a 20/25mm bending spring is a necessity for comm/ind.

 

[Bane]

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Could anyone recommend any specific type/brand of the laser tape measures?

 

[Cirrus]

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Don't use one myself Bane - pointless IMO. I just use a 5m tape measure.

 

[Bane]

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Well, that's what I have cirrus (normal tape measure). Maybe getting a bit beyond myself.

 

[Cirrus]

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yeah steady Bane cos nxt you'll want one of thos whacker type things - hammer is it?

 

[Bane]

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Hey! Got one of those!

Dead clever me.

No, next on the agenda is a drill. Combi drill methinks. Bosch or Makita probably after all the posts I've been reading.

Got a cordless yesterday actually. Gonna see how it fares tomorrow when I drill through some steel.

*Keeps a straight face*

It's Netto's own brand so it must be good. ToolTec? Anyone ever heard of it?

 

[Skotz]

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So we have a long list of what everyone thinks is essential to have in the toolbox. But for a scotsman like me where is the cheapest place to buy them, is it online or a local store or something???

 

[Bane]

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ebay, screwfix.

They're the 2 I use.

Sure other ppl can help more.

 

[Skotz]

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Cheers Bane thanks for the info.

I;m not really tight with my money

but I do love the old saying every penny is a prisoner

 

[Cirrus]

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I never use SFix as don't rate them. Ebay or www.its-london.co.uk