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How Electricity Works
Electrical Safety Tips
Basic Electrical Tools
Basic Electrical Tools: Part 2
How to Shut Off a Circuit Breaker
How to Open a Light Switch
How to Wire a Light Switch
How to Replace a Light Switch
How to Use a Plug Tester
How to Test a Wall Socket
How to Remove a Wall Socket
How to Replace a Wall Socket
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Danny Herb is a professional electrician in the Los Angeles area who works in both residential and commercial fields.read more
"These are some of the tools that you may or may not need when you are doing your electrical ventures around the house. These are your snips, they're basically just metal shears. Your linesman pliers. Every electrician needs a crescent wrench. These are cable cutters. Crimper's. These are just cutters, they'll cut your standard size wire, you really don't want to cut anything that's bigger than an 1/8 gauge wire. Bent tip needle nose, cause sometimes you're trying to find something or maneuver something in the way. Then just some regular beat up old pliers. And then your strippers; this has two sizes for your Romex, your 14,2 and your 12,2 and then it also has your 14 gauge and your 12 gauge wire."
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