knipex installation pliers

[shanky887614]

Not at all, edexlab. I mentioned chopping through live cables only to make a point about tool durability, in that, I've cut through the odd live cable in my time (believing they weren't live) and, as you'll know, it's a sure way of causing damage to cutters. On the other hand, I've never 'deliberately' tried to cut anything I knew was a harder material than the cutters. Hence, as long as I'm not chopping through live stuff my cutters last for eons.

Whenever someone else cuts through a live wire, the resulting flash - generally followed by lots of swearing, makes me laugh... :-D

especially when there a borrowed pair

 

[STONEZZZ]

I want one....

 

[remer1957]

Advice I got from an older electrician when I was an apprentice-never cut one core at a time:smile5: I'm getting a pair of those Knipex pliers, I always use Knipex tools and like them a lot. I'm trying to limit the number of tools I carry around, so they'll ream conduit, shear through larger cores and double as long nosed pliers too. I won't use them for crimping lugs though, I prefer some kind of compression.