Electrical

• A circuit is the path that electricity takes from one point to another.
• EIM


  Electrical Installation and Maintenance - covers the installation, upkeep, and repair of electrical systems and equipment
• Electrical tools


  Equipment or instruments used to build, install, repair, or troubleshoot electrical connections and devices
• Electrical materials


  Consumable items like wires, connectors, switches, outlets, circuit breakers, and more
• Electrical tools and equipment

  • Needed to perform electrical tasks systematically to save time, effort, and resources
• Screwdriver


  Tool made of steel hardened and tempered at the tip used to loosen or tighten screws with slotted heads
• Types of screwdrivers


  • Flat screwdriver
  • Philips screwdriver
  • Stubby screwdriver
  • Allen screwdriver/wrench
• Hammers


  Tools used in driving or pounding and pulling out nails, made of hard steel, wood, plastic or rubber
• Types of hammers


  • Claw hammer
  • Mallet (rubber head)
  • Ballpeen hammer
• Pliers


  Made from metal with insulators in the handle, used for cutting, twisting, bending, holding, and gripping wires and cables
• Types of pliers


  • Combination pliers
  • Side cutting pliers
  • Long nose pliers
• Wire stripper


  Tool used for removing insulation of medium sized wires ranging from gauge #10 to gauge #16
• Electrician's knife


  Used by linemen to remove insulation of wire and cables in low and high voltage transmission lines
• Portable electric drill


  Small drilling machine with a chuck capacity of 1/4" to 3/8", used for making holes on metal sheets and concrete walls
• Hacksaw


  Tool used to cut metal conduit and armored cable
• Conduit


  Tube or through for protecting the electrical wiring
• Convenience outlet


  A device that acts as a convenient source of electrical energy for current consuming appliances
• Types of convenience outlets

  • Surface type (duplex)
  • Flush type (duplex)
• Male plug


  A device inserted to a convenience outlet to conduct electric current
• Types of lamp holders

  • Flush type
  • Hanging (Chain) type
  • Surface (Weather) type
• Lamp holders


  Devices that hold and protect the lamp, also called as "Lamp Sockets / Receptacle"
• Types of switches


  • Flush type
  • Hanging type
  • Surface type
• Switch


  A device that connects and disconnects the flow of electric current in a circuit
• Types of fuses


  • Knife blade
  • Cartridge
  • Plug type
• Fuse


  A circuit protective device that automatically blows and cut the current when and over load or short circuit happens
• Circuit breaker


  Automatically interrupts the current of an overloaded electric circuit, ground faults, or short circuits
• Types of junction boxes

  • Plastic
  • Metal
• Junction box


  An octagonal shaped electrical material where the connections or joints of wires are being done
• Utility box


  A rectangular shaped metallic or plastic (PVC) material in which flush type convenience outlet and switch are attached
• Flat cord


  A duplex stranded wire used for temporary wiring installation and commonly used in extension cord assembly
• Types of electrical wires/conductors

  • Stranded
  • Solid
• Types of conduits/pipes


  • Metallic conduit
  • Flexible non-metallic conduit or corrugated plastic conduit (CPC)
  • Rigid non-metallic conduit (PVC)
• Conduits/pipes


  Electrical materials used as the passage of wires for protection and insulation
• Types of clamps


  • Plastic clamp
  • Metallic clamp
• Clamps


  Electrical materials used to hold and anchor electrical conduits in its proper position
• Types of connectors


  • Metal connector
  • Flexible non metallic connector
• Connectors


  Used to attach metallic or non-metallic conduit to the junction or utility boxes
• Test light


  A pocket size tool used to test the line wire or circuit if there is current in it
• Micrometer


  Used to measure the diameter of wires/conductors in circular mils, can measure small and big sizes of wires and cables
• Wire gauge


  Used in determining the size of wires/conductors