Basic electrical
Tools
By: Manish Trikha
TGT-WE
Basic Electrical hand Tools
• Hand tools are tools manipulated and
operated by our hands without the use of
electrical energy
Hand Tools and Their Uses
• Screw Drivers
• A screwdriver is a tool that is used for turning
screws. It consists of a metal rod with a flat or
cross-shaped end that fits into the top of the
screw. They come in various size and shapes.
Types of Screw Drivers
[Link] Screwdriver.
Standard screwdrivers are used to tighten or loosen
flathead screws
[Link] screwdriver.
Philips screwdrivers are used to tighten or loosen
Philip screws.
Screw Drivers
[Link]/close quarter screwdriver.
The lip is similarly shaped like the standard screw driver but with
short shaft blade and shorter handle which is made of plastic.
[Link] Screwdriver.
Offset screwdrivers provide means of reaching difficult
flathead/Philip screws.
Pliers
• Pliers are used for cutting and twisting wires and
to grip small parts. Pliers are available with both
insulated and uninsulated handles. Insulated
handle pliers should be used when working on
live/hot conductors
Pliers
1. Slip Joint Pliers
These are used for a wide range of service involving
gripping, turning and bending.
2. Side cutting Pliers
These are Appropriate for cutting cable, twisting wire
and debarring conduit.
Pliers
3. Long Nose Pliers
Appropriate for bending wire, cutting wire,
and positioning small components
4. Diagonal Pliers
Useful for cutting cables and wires
too difficult for side cutting pliers
Pliers
5. Retainer Ring Pliers
Used to install retainer rings, which are a type
of fastener used in assembling parts
6. Flat nose Pliers
Commonly used in sheet metal to bend edges
Hammers
• Classified either as soft or hard faces. The
cylindrical shape head hammer has a hard
face for striking hard objects like cold
chisel, star drill, and nails
Hammers
1. Sledgehammer
Sledgehammers are a large hammer with a metal, mallet-
like head. Their handles are long, designed to be held with
both hands. They can range anywhere from 2-8 kg. These
types of hammers deliver a mighty blow, designed for
breaking stone and demolition work.
2. Claw Hammer
Can be used to mount electrical boxes and drive nails. Can
also be used to determine height of container box since
most hammers are 12” in length from head to end of
handle ,or can be so marked
Hammers
3. Ball peen Hammer
Designed for striking chisels and
punches. They also may be used for
riveting, shaping, and straightening
unhardened metal.
4. Soft faced hammer
Used for rewinding jobs like forming
coils, assembly and disassembly of
motors
Wrenches
• Used to turn nuts or hold the pieces of
stock when tightening screws, nuts and
bolts
Wrenches
1. Adjustable wrench
(a). Adjustable End Wrench
It is handy and can quickly be adjusted for size to grip/grasp piece
of stock
(b) Pipe wrench
They are designed for tightening and loosening pipes
as well as for holding round objects
Wrenches
2. Open-end wrench
This wrench grasps the nuts on only two of its flat side,
and is subject to slipping under a heavy pull.
3. Box wrench
It is an excellent tool as it grips the nuts on all sides.
This reduces the chances of slipping with resultant
damage to the nut and possible the hand.
Wrenches
4. Allen wrench
The end tip is shaped hexagonally to fit the same shape of
the screw to be tightened or loosened.
Other tools
1. Center Punch
Used to marking metal parts so that they can be correctly
re-assembled as well as for marking and centering on metal
part to bore holes.
2. Cold Chisel
Used to cut thin metal as well as to remove little
projections of metal on smooth metal surfaces
Other tools
3. Hacksaw
Cuts heavy cable, pipe, and conduit.
4. Pipe cutter
Used to cut small size of pipes. It has three small round
cutters made of hardened steel. The pipe cutter is slipped
over the pipe where the cut is to be made
Other tools
5. Push-pull tape Rule:
Useful for rapid layout in measurements.
Should be as wide as possible for easy
extension.
6. Tin Snip:
Used for cutting of thin sheets of metals
7. File:
It is made out of carbon steel with brittle
and sharp teeth, used to smoothen and
remove rough surfaces or edges of metals.
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