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2. Lineman's pliers - Wikipedia

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   Lineman's pliers (US English), Kleins (genericized trademark, US usage), linesman pliers (Canadian English), side cutting linesman pliers [1] and combination pliers (UK / US English) are a type of pliers used by lineworkers, electricians, and other tradesmen primarily for gripping, twisting, bending and cutting wire, cable, and small metalwork ...

3. Pike pole - Wikipedia

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   Specialized logging tools of similar appearance are the peavey and cant hook. Pike poles are also used for rescue work to grab people or objects floating in high and rough waters. Linemen use pike poles to maintain power lines. In the early days of line construction pike poles were used to stand up the utility poles.

4. Klein Tools - Wikipedia

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   Klein Tools was founded in 1857 in Chicago, Illinois by German immigrant Mathias Klein. [8] The first tool Klein made was a pair of side-cutting pliers for a telegraph lineman. [9] The company grew as the telegraph and eventually telephone and electrical industries grew after the Civil War by adding 100 types of pliers in the 1910s.

5. Lineworker - Wikipedia

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   A lineworker (also called a lineman or powerline worker) constructs and maintains the electric transmission and distribution facilities that deliver electrical energy to industrial, commercial, and residential establishments.

6. Live-line working - Wikipedia

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   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 A live line worker is electrically protected by insulating gloves and other insulating equipment, and carries out the work in direct mechanical contact with live parts. Barehand or Potential

7. Lineman's handset - Wikipedia

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   A lineman's handset typically connects via a pair of test leads, not the modular connector found on most consumer telephone equipment. The test leads will feature some combination of alligator clips (to connect to bare wires), a piercing spike or "bed-of-nails" (for insulated wires), and something designed to fit a punch block.