If you’re planning on some home electrical DIY to do some electrical household wiring and you come to the right place. We will give you some electrical how to information in the following weeks.
To start with you must be aware of safety. Since no one will be there to check what you’re doing safety wise, play it safe and turn off the power to whatever you’re working on before you start working on it. You have either a circuit breaker panel or fuse box. Locate the circuit you want to break the flow of electricity to an easier switch off the circuit breaker or pull out the fuse. In case of the circuit breaker is also wise to put some tape over top of these which to prevent accidents.
Voltage tester is a must-have
The first tool I recommend owning would be a voltage tester, these are quite inexpensive in its basic form and can grow
in price in more sophisticated versions which you probably don’t need. This tool is good for identifying a live circuit. Knowing this helps you to identify if the wall plug works or not. Also this will help you identify if the wire to the switch or the wall plug works or not.
For twisting and manipulate wire in tight places
Wire nuts to connect electric wires
Another important tool is a screwdriver. A good quality screwdriver has a case hardenedand on it to retain grip for turning, also the handle and shaft should be guarded with insulation to protect against accidental shorting or shock.
You will need a utility knife. You will use this a lot cutting wires. You will need this to strip shielding off wires (the plastic cover on the wire).
Of course you will need needle nose pliers to hold the wire with and manipulate the wire, you’ll get better grip of the wires in tight places, you can remove the metal lockout discs in the power boxes in the even come with a built-in wire cutter. This new most fire should also have shielding on the grip.
Another very needed tool would be a wire stripper. The wire stripper after you’ve cut the wire to length can strip the insulation off to the bare wire. This is definitely a worthwhile investment, they are good.
Of course you will need some electrical tape, this is to insulate any exposed bare wire and also do over top of in conjunction with your wire nuts
You will need also wire nuts also known as Marretts or Marr connectors, they are made to fit different gauges of wires like: a small one/black color/16 to 22gauge, a medium-size one/orange/14 to 22gauge. There are a few more just consult the store to which wire size you have.
