Do Electricians NEED Insulated Tools?

[@josephdestaubin7426]

Most of the electrical work I do is diagnostic, I'm always working hot. The uninsulated tools, I also recommend safety glasses. Hot copper always seems to head straight for the eyeball.

[@Fabian_A86]

Thank you so much for the safety glasses recommendation.

[@PrimeTyme187]

it arcs? do we need insulated glasses?

[@Reecharge]

@@PrimeTyme187you need insulated eyeballs

[@filiptoborik5710]

Hi from Czech Republic, we have really strict standards, so 80% of electricians use insulated tools. my favorite brand is also knipex.

[@einlehrling]

Over here in Germany I'd say every electrician uses insulated tools

[@ErickChinoC]

i do a lot of troubleshooting on our 460v vfd’s . I love wera and wiha insulated tools . Knipex for cutters , but klein for my lineman pliers

[@tinshum7412]

I use insulated screw drivers in my daily jobs. Before I become an experienced electrician, I still need to treat every job as I work with a live circuit. Milwaukee is brand name I trust so far. Thank you.

[@Charlie-xw7od]

I recently got the forged wire strippers a vde set of 8" combo pliers , a comfort grip of 10" dikes ,and the vde set of kraftform kompakt screwdrivers with 16 interchangeable blades and 2 handles I am now FLEXIN on my co workers . Knipex and wera

[@JackElectrician]

lol, never do “hot work”!!! - The first lie I was told from my boss

[@Fabian_A86]

Thank you so much sir for your review. I personally love Klein's insulated drivers and Wiha insulated pliers.

[@jr71982]

I’m a equipment maintenance tech and I love working with guys that wanna be safe usually means I don’t have to worry about you hurting yourself or me!

[@PrimeTyme187]

how hurt can u really get being a janitor?

[@jr71982]

@@PrimeTyme187 Ouch that hurt my feelings lol I’d tell you to ask your dad but since you troll random comments on KZbin and use your first and last name on here i have a feeling he left a looong time ago 🤡 but I’ll help you out facilities, maintenance cleans the bathrooms, equipment maintenance maintains and repairs the equipment/machines

[@Joe-qw6il]

I just completed a hot cut AC panel change-out, not the first, but it was the first I completed hot. I climbed the roof of the house, wore insulated gloves and safety glasses, was not grounded since I was on the roof, and was careful not to touch the metal conduit pipe the wires went into, I cut the two hots live, one at a time and installed a new 2-wire connector for 2/0 and stripped and tightened with my uninsulated Klines, won’t say I wasn’t nervous but I did it and everything turned out fine. If you have good insulated gloves then you don’t absolutely need insulated tools--but with that said I wouldn’t recommend it. I’m currently looking at getting an insulated Klein tool set.

[@fananderson3913]

“I don’t need a seat belt because it’s against the rules of the road for someone to crash into me”.

[@izn5528]

always apply practice safety procedure, use PPE and that is mandatory

[@revg2608]

This guy loves the best of the best MY GUY!!

[@dubtechnosessions3161]

1st set of vde tools were the Knipex screwdrivers and I love them they fit great in my hand are Balanced nicely. They became my daily so they got pretty beat up. Recently got the Wera Kraftform vde set w replaceable blades that blow the knipex out the water and I baby the shit outofem. Have a pair of vde knipex installation strippers for a blue moon when I need to cut strip w power on. And I KNOWWW lol but it does/has happened. Buy VDE and be strategic about purchasing the tools you need for hot work and not. My 2 cents ⚡️🔥

[@matthewwhite8390]

Actually not entirely true in the UK. For general industrial, commercial and domestic work, certainly not. Generally people do use insulated tools but its not required. If you're working for a half way decent company, you will never do any live working outside of the minimum live testing. For things like high voltage works, working for the power supply companies etc yes, you are required to use insulated tools in a lot of situations.

[@stepankraus3229]

try phenix contacts i use it for 2years and i love it and it's better then knipex

[@JackElectrician]

My favourite brand is Milwaukee, plus I’m from Canada

[@jakegilbert5230]

where do you buy your knipex products? I've seen and heard of fakes coming from amazon

[@Baby_Brotha]

I heard they test them at way higher voltage 10000v I could be wrong but I know it’s more

[@sendrups]

Using ceta form

[@curonelectricity]

I like your video ❤❤❤❤❤

[@IrishTortillaCody]

I don't really know why anyone would work on electrical shit without insulated tools. Hell if nothing else, wrap the things yourself

[@americanelectrician]

It blows my mind sometimes

[@gtbr8134]

I’ve noticed most commercial electricians don’t use insulated tools when working live which is often. Maybe things are changing as everything is moving towards health and safety .

[@willtheelectrician8184]

You don't need them if you know what you're doing and you know how to communicate with your customers. If your customer isn't on life support... then you can shut it off. Period.

[@cdes68]

Real safety starts when one learns how use a tester then a good multimeter first. These insulated tools are just an added layer as far as safety is concerned.

[@zekeball7102]

One day you will learn

[@kittytrail]

better safe than sorry although i wonder how many "professional" american electricians, unionized or not, get zapped to the grave every year versus uk or euro ones... 🤔

[@fabiantaveras8458]

Hardly any, usually when working on anything electrical cutting off power is the safer way.

[@TlD-dg6ug]

2:08. Water doesn't conduct electricity lol. A water based solution, perhaps?

[@lwo7736]

Water does conduct electricity smart-ass. Yes, I know, dissolved ions, distilled water is an insulator. Stop trying to act clever, everyone knows what he meant when he said "water", you just made yourself sound insecure

[@irvingdurshpek]

Hey brother I gotta ask, you a believer?

[@americanelectrician]

Yessir. More than I am anything

[@jeremyc1034]

You Americans and knipex.... try Marvel, you won't look back

[@infernoeagles5812]

😂😂😂 lmfao Americans don't care about knipex I've met a lot of tradesmen and I've only seen 3 and only one was all decked out with knipex wera and rigid few other things I've never seen before. Stupid Americans only care about cheap Chinese crap that when it breaks they go out and buy another one just for it to break again