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• Electrical Tools and Equipment

  • Pliers (insulated and uninsulated handles)
  • Screwdrivers (standard, Phillips, offset)
  • Wire puller (fish wire)
  • Conduit bender
  • Drilling equipment (electric drill, auger brace, hand drill, gimlets, drill bits, masonry bits)
  • Soldering tools (soldering iron, soldering gun, blow torch)
  • Hammers (claw hammer, ball pin hammer, mallet)
  • Measuring tools and instruments (metric rule, wire gauge, vernier caliper, multitester, voltmeter, ammeter, galvanometer, micrometer caliper, clamp meter, megger, phase sequence tester, high potential tester)
  • Sawing and cutting tools (hacksaw, keyhole saw)
• Pliers


  • Insulated handles are not considered sufficient protection alone, other safety precautions must be observed
• Common types of screwdrivers

  • Standard type
  • Phillips
  • Offset
• Wire puller (fish wire)

  Used to pull wires into the conduit or raceway
• Conduit bender


  Tool used to bend rigid metal conduit
• Drilling equipment


  • Electric drill
  • Auger brace
  • Hand drill
  • Gimlets
  • Drill bits
  • Masonry bits
• Soldering tools


  • Soldering iron
  • Soldering gun
  • Blow torch
• Hammers


  • Claw hammer
  • Ball pin hammer
  • Mallet (plastic or rubber hammer)
• Electrical Tools and Equipment

  • Pliers (insulated and uninsulated handles)
  • Screwdrivers (standard, Phillips, offset)
  • Wire puller (fish wire)
  • Conduit bender
  • Drilling equipment (electric drill, auger brace, hand drill, gimlets, drill bits, masonry bits)
  • Soldering tools (soldering iron, soldering gun, blow torch)
  • Hammers (claw hammer, ball pin hammer, mallet)
  • Measuring tools and instruments (metric rule, wire gauge, vernier caliper, multitester, voltmeter, ammeter, galvanometer, micrometer caliper, clamp meter, megger, phase sequence tester, high potential tester)
  • Sawing and cutting tools (hacksaw, keyhole saw)
• Measuring tools and instruments

  • Metric rule
  • Wire gauge
  • Vernier caliper
  • Multitester
  • Voltmeter
  • Ammeter
  • Galvanometer
  • Micrometer caliper
  • Clamp meter
  • Megger
  • Phase sequence tester
  • High potential tester
• Pliers


  • Insulated handles are not considered sufficient protection alone, other safety precautions must be observed
• Sawing and cutting tools

  • Hacksaw
  • Keyhole saw
• Electrical Materials


  • Wires and cables
  • Conduits/pipes
  • Electrical boxes
  • Fuses and circuit breakers
  • Switches
  • Fittings and accessories

  
• Screwdrivers


  Used to drive and pull out screws, width should match screw slot
• Wires


  Electrical conductors with 8 mm American Wire Gauge (AWG) size no.8 or smaller
• Conduit bender


  Tool used to bend rigid metal conduit
• Drilling equipment


  Needed to make holes in building structure for passage of wires and conduit
• Cables


  Larger than wires, either solid or stranded
• Soldering tools


  Used in making splices and taps connections of wires
• Hammers


  Used to drive and pull out nails, made of hard steel or plastic
• Wire and cable insulations

  • Weather proof (WP)
  • Slow burning (SP)
  • Slow burning weather proof (SBW)
  • Rubber-code compound (R)
  • Heat resistant (RH)
  • Moisture resistant (RW)
  • Moisture and heat resistant (RH-RW)
  • Latex (regular) (RU)
  • Latex (moisture resistant) (RU)
  • Mineral (metal-sheathed) (MI)
  • Thermoplastic compound (T)
  • Moisture-resistant thermoplastic (TW)
  • Moisture and heat resistant thermoplastic (THW)
  • Thermoplastic and fibrous outlet braid (TBS)
  • Thermoplastic and asbestos (T)
  • Varnish cambric (V)
  • Paper (solid type, oil-filled, oilasti, untreated, treated)
  • Asbestos (non-impregnated, impregnated, asbestos-varnished-cambric, cotton braid covered, silicon asbestos)
• Flat cord


  Duplex stranded wire used for temporary wiring installation, commonly in extension cords, comes in gauge #18 and #16 AWG
• Conduits/pipes


  • Rigid metallic
  • Flexible metallic conduit (FMC)
  • Rigid non-metallic (PVC)
  • Flexible non-metallic or corrugated plastic conduit (CPC)
• Measuring tools and instruments

  • Metric rule
  • Wire gauge
  • Vernier caliper
  • Multitester
  • Voltmeter
  • Ammeter
  • Galvanometer
  • Micrometer caliper
  • Clamp meter
  • Megger
  • Phase sequence tester
  • High potential tester
• Electrical boxes


  • Utility box
  • Octagonal box
  • Square box
  • Circuit breaker box
  • Panel box
  • Safety switch box

  
• Sawing and cutting tools

  Hacksaw and keyhole saw are commonly used
• Electrical Materials


  • Wires and cables
  • Insulations
  • Flat cord
  • Conduits/pipes
  • Electrical boxes
  • Fuses and circuit breakers
  • Switches
  • Fittings and accessories

  
• Fuses and circuit breakers

  • Cartridge fuse
  • Knife blade fuse
  • Plug fuse
  • Circuit breaker
• Switches


  • Flush type
  • Tumbler type
• Wires


  Electrical conductors with 8 mm American Wire Gauge (AWG) size no.8 or smaller
• Fittings and accessories


  • Insulated staple
  • Condulets
  • Porcelain tubing
  • Metal clamp
  • Double clamp
  • Male plugs
  • Connectors
  • Coupling
  • Liquid tight connector
  • Locknut and bushing
  • Wire bushing
  • Wire connector
• Phillips screwdriver is used to drive and loose cross-slotted-head screws
• Cables


  Larger than wires, can be solid or stranded
• Long nose pliers are commonly used to make terminal loops on copper wire and can reach tight places
• Conduit bender is a pipe bending tool with handles of several sizes and lengths
• Insulation types


  • Weather proof (WP)
  • Slow burning (SP)
  • Slow burning weather proof (SBW)
  • Rubber-code compound (R)
  • Heat resistant (RH)
  • Moisture resistant (RW)
  • Moisture and heat resistant (RH-RW)
  • Latex (regular) (RU)
  • Latex (moisture resistant) (RU)
  • Mineral (metal-sheathed) (MI)
  • Thermoplastic compound (T)
  • Moisture-resistant thermoplastic (TW)
  • Moisture and heat resistant thermoplastic (THW)
  • Thermoplastic and fibrous outlet braid (TBS)
  • Thermoplastic and asbestos (T)
  • Varnish cambric (V)
  • Paper (solid type, oil-filled, untreated, treated)
  • Asbestos (non-impregnated, impregnated, asbestos-varnished-cambric, cotton braid covered, silicon asbestos)
• Claw hammer is used to drive and to pull out nails
• Flat cord


  Duplex stranded wire used for temporary wiring installation, commonly in extension cords
• Fuse is an electrical protective device used to prevent short or over circuit
• Conduits/pipes


  • Rigid metallic
  • Flexible metallic conduit (FMC)
  • Rigid non-metallic (PVC)
  • Flexible non-metallic or corrugated plastic conduit (CPC)