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2. Electrician - Wikipedia

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   Electricians use a range of hand and power tools and instruments. Two of the tools commonly used by electricians. The fish tape is used to pull conductors through conduits, or sometimes to pull conductors through hollow walls. The conduit bender is used to make accurate bends and offsets in electrical conduit. Some of the more common tools are:

3. Lineman's pliers - Wikipedia

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   Lineman's pliers are used in the electrical trade to cut, straighten, and bend wire, and also to twist wires together when making splices. Lineman's can be used to strip wire and some types of cable, although wire strippers are more commonly used for this purpose as they can strip wire more quickly without damaging the conductors themselves.

4. List of electrical and electronic measuring equipment

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   Name Purpose Ammeter (Ampermeter) : Measures current Capacitance meter: Measures the capacitance component Current clamp: Measures current without physical connection

5. Fish tape - Wikipedia

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   A fish tape (also called a draw wire, draw tape, or an electrician ' s snake) is a tool used by electricians to route new wiring through walls and electrical conduit. [1]Made of a narrow band of spring steel, by careful manipulation, the tape can be guided through confined spaces such as wall cavities or conduits in many countries.

6. Live-line working - Wikipedia

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   Hot stick or Live Line Tool Hot sticks are used in live line work by having the worker remain at a specified distance from the live parts and carry out the work by means of an insulating stick. Tools can be attached to the stick, allowing work to be performed with the worker safely away from the live conductors. Insulating Gloves or Rubber Gloves

7. Hot stick - Wikipedia

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   A linesman working for Country Energy in Australia closing a circuit using a hot stick. In the electric power distribution industry, a hot stick is an insulated pole, usually made of fiberglass, used by electric utility workers when engaged on live-line working on energized high-voltage electric power lines, to protect them from electric shock.