Tools in Electrical Installation and Maintenance

1. ELECTRICAL
SUPPLIES,
MATERIALS,
AND
TOOLS

2. COMBINATION PLIERS
•This is used for
gripping, holding,
and cutting
electrical wires
and cables and
even small nails.
They are usually
used by linemen in
doing heavy tasks.

3. SIDE CUTTING PLIERS
•This type of pliers
is used for cutting
fine, medium, and
big wires and
cables.

4. LONG NOSE PLIERS
• This is used for
cutting and holding
fine wires. This can
reach tight space or
small opening
where other pliers
cannot reach and
are also used in
making terminal
loops of copper
wires.

5. PHILIPS SCREWDRIVER
•This has a
cross tip
resembling a
positive (+)
sign. This is
used to drive
screws with
cross slot
heads.

6. FLAT SCREWDRIVER
•The blade tip
is wedge-
shaped and
resembles a
negative (-)
sign. This is
used to drive
screws with a
single slot
head.

7. STUBBY SCREWDRIVER
• It comes in either
Standard or Philips
screwdriver with a
short shank or
blade and a
shorted handle
used to turn
screws in tight
space where the
standard
screwdriver cannot
be used.

8. ALLEN SCREWDRIVER
•This could be
in the shape of
a screwdriver
or a wrench.
Its function is
to drive a
screw with a
hexagonal slot
head.

9. PIPE CUTTER
• A pipe cutter is
designed to
cleanly slice
steel pipes,
while roll
grooving
machines use
pressure to
create grooves
for connecting.

10. BENCH VICE
•A holding
device
attached to a
workbench;
has two jaws
to hold the
pipe firmly in
place.

11. PIPE THREADER
•Used in plumbing,
mining, and
industrial
applications, these
tools enable
precise cutting
and the
attachment of
male and female
pipe fittings.

12. HACKSAW
•This tool is
used to cut
the metal
conduit
and
armored
cable.

13. WIRE STRIPPER
• A tool used
for removing
insulation of
medium-
sized wires
ranging from
gauge #10 to
gauge #16.

14. ELECTRICIAN’S KNIFE
•This is used by
linemen to
remove the
insulation of
wire and cables
in low and high
voltage
transmission
lines.

15. PORTABLE ELECTRIC DRILL
•A small drilling
machine with a
chuck capacity
of ¼‖ to 3/8‖. It
is used in
making holes
on metal
sheets and
concrete
walls.

16. HAMMERS
• These are tools used in driving or
pounding and pulling out nails. These
are made of hard steel, wood,
plastic, or rubber.
The following are types of hammer:
Claw hammer
Mallet (rubber head)
Ball-peen hammer

17. CLAW HAMMER MALLET (Rubber Head)

18. BALLPEEN HAMMER