Electrical Contractor San Antonio Tools
Servicing the entire Metro Area of New Braunfels, Boerne, and San Marcos with Licensed Electricians.
Electricians require the use of a wide range of hand tools, power tools and electrical instruments. Electricians usually have a personal set of hand tools and general-purpose test instruments, with the expensive power tools or instruments being supplied by their employer.
Some of the more common tools are:
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Pipe and tube bender
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Lineman's pliers: Heavy-duty pliers for general use in cutting, bending, crimping and pulling wire.
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Diagonal pliers (also known as side cutters or Dikes): Pliers comprising of cutting blades only for use on smaller gauge wires, but sometimes also used as a gripping tool for removal of nails and staples.
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Needle-nose pliers: Pliers with a long, tapered gripping nose of various size, with or without cutters, generally smaller and for finer work.
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Wire strippers: Plier-like tool available in many sizes and designs featuring special blades to cut and strip wire insulation while leaving the conductor wire intact and without nicks.
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Cable cutters: Highly leveraged pliers for cutting larger cable.
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Rotosplit: A brand-name tool designed to assist in breaking the spiral jacket of metallic-jacketed cable.
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Multimeter - an instrument for electrical testing and troubleshooting; common features include the ability to measure and display voltage, resistance, and current with other types of measurements included depending on the make and model.
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Step-bit: A metal-cutting drill bit with stepped-diameter cutting edges.
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Cord, rope and/or fish tape. Used to 'fish' cables and wires into and out of cavities.
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Crimping tools: Used to apply terminals or splices. These may be hand or hydraulic powered.
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Insulation Resistance Tester: Commonly referred to as a Megger.
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Knockout punch: For punching holes into sheet metal to run wires or conduit.
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Other general-use tools with applications in electric power wiring include screwdrivers, hammers, reciprocating saws, drywall saws, metal punches, flashlights, chisels, adjustable slip-joint pliers and drills.
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Test light
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Ground Fault Indicator Tester
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