LEARNING OUTCOME 1
Prepare electrical supplies, materials, and tools
PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
Tools and materials are identified as per job requirement.
Tools are classified according to its function as per job requirement.
Materials are classified according to its uses on a specific project.
Tools and materials are selected.
Materials/ Resources
1. Utility box
2. Connectors
3. Male Plug
4. Fuse
5. Junction Box
6. Conduits
7. Circuit Breaker
8. Electrical Wires
9. Corrugated Plastic Conduit (CPC)
10. Receptacles
11. Fuse Panel/ Safety switch
12. Square boxes
13. PVC conduit
14. Switches
15. Switch Plates
16. Cut-out boxes
Tools
1. Long Nose Pliers
2. Stubby Screw Driver
3. Wire Stripper
4. Portable Electric Drill
5. Philips Screw Driver
6. Combination Pliers
7. Hammer
8. Electrician’s Knife
9. Hacksaw
10. Diagonal cutting pliers
11. Half-round file
12. Round file
13. Spirit level
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Information Sheet 1.1
Electrical Tools and Equipment
Electrical task can be accomplished systematically to save time, effort, and resources. Most of the work cannot be done using bare hands. To do the task, electrical tools or equipment are needed to perform the job. This lesson will discuss the function/use of each tool or equipment used in electrical wiring installations.
The following are common electrical tools and equipment needed in the installation of electrical wiring.
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.
A. Standard/Flat Screw Driver - blade tip is wedge-shaped and resembles a negative (-) sign. This is used to drive screws with a single slot ahead
B. Philips Screw Driver- has a cross tip resembling a positive (+) sign. This is used to drive screws with cross slot heads.
C. Stubby Screw Driver - 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.
D. Allen Screw Driver/Wrench - could be in the shape of a screw driver or a wrench. Its function is to drive screw with hexagonal slot head.
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:
Claw Hammer- a hammer with one side of the head split and curved, used for extracting nails.
Mallet(rubber head) - a kind of hammer, often made of rubber or sometimes wood, that is smaller than a maul or beetle, and usually has a relatively large head.
Ball peen Hammer -a hammer with a rounded end opposite the face, a type of peening hammer used in metalworking.
Pliers
made from metal with insulators in the handle and are used for cutting, twisting, bending, holding, and gripping wires and cables.
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.
Side Cutting Pliers - type of pliers is used for cutting fine, medium and big wires and cables.
Long Nose Pliers - 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.
Wire Stripper - A tool used for removing insulation of medium sized wires ranging from gauge #10 to gauge #16.
Electrician’s Knife - used by linemen to remove insulation of wire and cables in low and high voltage transmission lines.
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.
Hacksaw - tool is used to cut metal conduit and armored cable.
Electrical Supplies and Materials
Electrical materials are developed and constructed for a special purpose such as to:
control the flow of current in an electrical circuit;
carry electrical current from the source to the load or current consuming apparatus;
hold and secure wires to its fixtures inside and outside houses and buildings; and
protect the houses, buildings, appliances’ and instruments from any destruction and damage.
The following are the most commonly used electrical materials
Convenience outlet- a device that acts as a convenient source of electrical energy for current consuming appliances. It is where the male plug of an appliance is inserted and usually fastened on the wall or connected in an extension cord. It maybe single, duplex, triplex or multiplex and could be surface type or flush type.
Male plug- a device inserted to a convenience outlet to conduct electric current. A flat cord is attached to it on one end and the other end is connected to a current consuming instrument or appliance.
Lamp holders- devices that hold and protect the lamp and are also called as ―Lamp Sockets/Receptacles‖. These come in many designs and sizes. They are classified as flush, hanging (weather proof/chain) and surface types.
Switch - a device that connects and disconnects the flow of electric current in a circuit. There are many shapes, designs, and types and they are classified as hanging, flush, and surface types.
Fuse - a circuit protective device that automatically blows and cut the current when and over load or short circuit happens
Junction Box - an octagonal shaped electrical material where the connections or joints of wires are being done. It is also where the flush type lamp holder is attached. This could be made of metal or plastic (PVC) Polyvinylchloride
Circuit Breaker - a protective device used to automatically blows and cuts the current when trouble in the circuit such as short circuit or overload occurs.
Utility Box - a rectangular shaped metallic or plastic (PVC) material in which flush type convenience outlet and switch are attached
Flat Cord- Is a duplex stranded wire used for temporary wiring installation and commonly used in extension cord assembly. It comes in a roll of 150 meters and with sizes of gauge # 18 and gauge # 16 awg (American wire gauge)
Electrical Wire/Conductor- electrical material that could be:
a. Stranded wire which is made of multiple strands joined together to make a single wire.
b. Solid wire is made of a single strand of copper or aluminum wire. These are used in wiring installation inside and outside the building
Conduits/Pipes- electrical materials used as the passage of wires for protection and insulation. These could be rigid metallic, flexible metallic conduit (FMC), rigid nonmetallic (PVC), and flexible non-metallic or corrugated plastic conduit (CPC).
Clamps- electrical materials used to hold and anchor electrical conduits in its proper posit
Connectors- used to attach metallic or non-metallic conduit to the junction or utility boxes.
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