Transcript ELECTRICAL TOOLS and ITS FUNCTION

ELECTRICAL
TOOLS and ITS
FUNCTION
ELECTRICAL TOOLS
Electrical
tools are needed
to perform our job easier
and faster.
Electrical task can be
accomplished systematically
to save time, effort and
resources.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
SCREW DRIVERS –
These tools are made of
steel hardened and
tempered at the tip used
to loosen or tighten
screws with slotted heads.
They come in various sizes
and shapes.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
A. Standard/Flat Screw
Driver The blade tip is wedgeshaped and resembles a
negative (-) sign. This is used
to drive screws with a single
slot head.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
B. Philips Screw Driver This has a cross tip
resembling a positive (+) sign.
This is used to drive screws
with cross slot heads.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
C. Stubby Screw Driver –
It comes in either Standard
or Philips screw driver with
short shank or blade and a
shorted handle used to turn
screws in tight space where
standard screw driver cannot
be used.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
D. Allen Screw
Driver/Wrench This could be in the shape of
a screw driver or a wrench.
Its function is to drive screw
with hexagonal slot head.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
HAMMERS -These are tools
used in driving or pounding
and pulling out nails. They are
made of hard steel, wood,
plastic or rubber. The following
are types of hammer:
A. Claw hammer
B. Mallet(rubber head)
C. Ballpeen hammer
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
III. PLIERS - These made
from metal with insulators in
the handle and are used for
cutting, twisting, bending,
holding, and gripping wires
and cables.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
A. Combination Pliers
(Lineman’s 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.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
B. Side Cutting Pliers This type of pliers is used for
cutting fine, medium and big
wires and cables.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
C. 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 also used
in making terminal loops of
copper wires.
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FUNCTION
IV. Wire Stripper- A tool
used for removing insulation
of medium sized wires
ranging from gauge #10 to
gauge #16.
ELECTRICAL TOOLS AND THEIR
FUNCTION
V. Electrician’s Knife. This
is used by linemen to remove
insulation of wire and cables
in low and high voltage
transmission lines.
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FUNCTION
VI. 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.
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FUNCTION
VII. Hacksaw. This tool is
used to cut metal conduit
and armored cable.
REMINDERS:
1. Use the right tool for the
right job.
2. Do not tease your
classmate or play while
working.
3. Always remember that you
are working with a live
wire.
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ASSIGNMENT:
Write down the different
electrical supplies and
materials used in electrical
assembly.
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