What Are Some Important Tools That Every Electrician Needs to Have?

An electrician needs a number of speciality tools as well as general-use tools. There are quite a few important tools that electric repair professionals use customarily while on their job and these can be found in the tool belt of every professional out there. Find out about some of the most important tools that every such professional electrician needs to have.

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1. Flashlight

It is among the most important tool of related equipment that needs to be carried by an electrical professional. Even when a professional is assigned to a location where there might not be a need of a flashlight, it is still best to keep one in the tool kit, because in some situations some extra light might be required to see things more clearly. Pipes, conduits, wires, boxes, sockets, outlets etc. are always dark within.

Even in case the area of operation has plenty of light, there is no way that a professional should work within small places or reach inside panels without enough light. The flashlight of an electrician needs to be strong and lightweight, but capable of emitting a bright beam of light. These flashlights can either be hand-held or head-band-mounted flashlights.

2. Voltmeters

These are other valuable equipment pieces that need to be carried by an electrician for efficient functioning as well as for safe operations. This kind of tool can easily measure the electrical potential difference between dual points within an electrical circuit.

It is never a good idea for an electrical professional to assume that the circuit he has to work on does not have electricity passing through. With the help of a voltmeter, the circuits can be tested, and it can be found out whether they are ‘live’.

On the basis of the voltmeter readings, an electrical professional can safely and properly address the circuits and make the best route plan for the repairs needed.

3. Wire strippers

These are handheld small tools that look just like scissors and are used for cutting the unbound insulation that wraps a piece of wire without cutting the wire itself. Every electrician needs to have a very good pair of these tools. When the insulation is taken of and the wire gets exposed the words can be connected to conductors, switches or anything that needs to operate on that electrical circuit.

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4. Pliers

These are another important pieces of equipment that can serve plenty of functions for an electrician. These can be used for loosening and tightening and offering the much-needed additional grip while:

• Twisting wires,
• Pulling wires through locations,
• Cutting blade for wires etc.

These tools are multipurpose and should be in the tool kit of an electrical professional.

5. Draw Tape

These are also referred to as Draw wires and are extremely important tools that must be there in the kit of an electrician. It can be used to guide string through a specific route for new wiring through electrical conduit walls or pipes.

This is a long and narrow medium carbon steel band that is coiled in shape and put on a reel. Due to its medium carbon steel construction, it can easily conform to the shape of various electrical conduits. The draw tape functions by attaching one guide string end to the draw tape end.

With the guide string attached, it is passed through the conduit. Once the draw tape comes in contact with the conduit end, the wires are tied to the guide strings opposite end. When the guide string is pulled, the wire is routed through to the conduit end.

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