Tools electrician. Required minimum

Electricity is not safe for humans. It can cause significant harm to health. A current of great strength can take life. Therefore, precautionary measures must be carried out in full.

Electrical tools have special protection. It is inadmissible in work to use poor-quality damaged equipment. What inventory will need an electrician in the work and how his tool should look like, it is necessary to find out more.

Required minimum

The minimum number of tools required for the work of an electrician includes screwdrivers, pliers, insulation strippers, wire cutters, as well as measuring equipment, a knife, a tape measure and a marker.

Screwdrivers are indispensable in work. They can be flat, cross, indicator. The main thing is that such tools of the electrician (the photo is presented below) should be protected from electric shock.

In fact, it should be bare only the tip that contacts the wiring elements.

Twist the wires with pliers, and cut them with pliers or a knife. The forceps will remove the insulation. Measure the voltage can be a multimeter, voltage indicator or mites.

This is the basic hand tool that an electrician needs to work. Auxiliary elements, which are also useful, are considered a knife, a tape measure and a marker.

Additional Tools

A set of electricians includes an additional tool that allows you to perform the necessary actions (the photo is shown below).

Without it, a professional worker can not do. This electrical equipment (perforator, shtroborez, screwdriver), as well as wrenches and a hammer.

The perforator with the help of special nozzles will allow to drill the holes for the sockets, and also with its help many other operations are performed.

The electrician's tools should include a shroud-cutting device. With the arrangement of hidden wiring it is difficult to replace it with something.

Also sometimes it is necessary to twist various fasteners, drill holes, etc. For this you need a screwdriver. However, in order not to carry many types of power tools, it is necessary to purchase such an instrument for the work of an electrician, as a puncher with the function of a screwdriver.

Some elements of the equipment have quite a strong fixing with bolts and nuts. There will help a set of spanners. A hammer is needed for many operations.

Insulation

To understand the question of which tool should be for a professional electrician in work, you should look at all the options for the operations performed by him. There are quite a few of them.

The tool for the work of the electrician must have the insulation for the contacts in the kit. Today, there are many options for such materials.

Insulating tape can be simple or colored. It can serve as a marking.

But there is another type of insulation. It looks like a tube of different diameters and colors. They are called heat shrinkage. Under the influence of temperature, the material is compressed and tightly insulates the contact.

This allows you to significantly reduce the time costs, especially when performing tasks on a large site. Isolation is necessary even for the simplest operations.

Measuring instruments

A measuring tool of an electrician deserves special attention. There is a large number of similar devices. Their choice depends on the actions that the master performs in his activity.

The indicator screwdriver is the simplest of such tools. It is inexpensive. Allows you to determine whether the phase and the wiring line are present.

To perform a full measurement of voltage, resistance of electrical appliances, you need to purchase a multimeter. For example, when laying a system of electric underfloor heating in the screed, the master should measure the resistance of the wire before and after installation. Comparing it with the manufacturer's declared indicator, they conclude that the installation is correct.

Sensors for searching wiring are also needed by a professional electrician. But only in the case of frequent repairs of hidden wiring. The cost of the sensor is high, so they are purchased only by those masters, to whom they are extremely needed.

Equipment for special occasions

Depending on the conditions in which the master sometimes has to work, the necessary tool for the electrician is chosen. If the walls of the house are wooden, you will have to use a carpenter's set, chisels.

In order to avoid problems with the connection of the power tool, you should use your carrying. Sometimes there is a decent distance to the possible point of feeding. The electrician must be prepared for such situations. There is, of course, battery electrical equipment. But sometimes its capacity is not enough for long-term works.

Before leaving the facility, the master must find out what conditions of the work the customer has. Consider this is simply necessary.

Of course, sometimes it is simply impossible to calculate everything. Therefore, at hand, you should keep additional devices, at least in your workshop.

Factory sets

Assembling a hand-held electrician tool and measuring instruments will be a good solution to the problem. But there is another approach. A large number of ready-made factory sets are on sale. Producers complete them with a view of the type of activity of the master. For professionals in the set includes one tools, but for fans - others. The total number of items included in their composition is also different. The cost of the kit depends on this.

The most popular today are kits for the electrician:

• "Stock" (4500 rubles.).
• "Master" (4300 rubles.).
• "SATA" (4000 rubles).
• "NEU" (5000 rubles.).
• «CIMCO» (9000 rub.).

Sets for home use are considered cheaper. Expensive sets are designed for professionals.

Sets for home use

In order for a novice master to understand what tools an electrician should have, first pay attention to the factory sets "Master", "Stock", "NEU", SATA.

The kit "Stock" includes 13 or 16 items (difference in the number of screwdrivers and the type of indicator). The universal set of electrician NEU-M has 37 tools. Together with the previous version they can be attributed to semi-professional goods. They, in addition to indicators, have a device for stripping.

The SATA electrician has 27 items, and the "Master" has 23 tools. They do not have pliers for stripping. For home use, this equipment fits perfectly. If necessary, each set can be supplemented with the items required by the master.

Professional Sets

Quite costly, but high-quality users are recognized as a professional set of CIMCO (23 tools). Its country of origin is Germany. The set includes powerful side cutters, as well as their electronic version. This technique makes it possible even to perform subtle repairs.

By using professional electrician tools, you can significantly expand your capabilities. And the quality of each element, as experts say, is very high. This ensures the durability of the kit. Therefore, the price of such products is much higher.

For household infrequent use, you should not spend a lot of money. In this case, the sets are simpler. The most important thing is that all its elements have an appropriate class of protection, they did not have defects, damages. After all, electricity does not forgive mistakes.

Before using the kit in its activities, it is necessary to ensure the implementation of all labor safety rules, to have all means of protection from electric shock.

Having familiarized with the recommendations of experts, what should be the tools of the electrician, you can choose the right equipment. Depending on the actions performed by the master, the availability of both main and auxiliary equipment should be envisaged.