today we're going to be taking a look at two tool kits from Knipex these kits are great whether
they're an apprentice electrician or a full-time learner it's a pleasure to be joined by the conduit king again
welcome back thank you gary between us we've got about 20 years experience in the classroom
we're going to take a look at these kits and we're going to try and associate it with where
you'll be in the workshop and how handy the tools will be at that moment shall we start
off with this red e fixed case one first look at this with this one he fixed red
oh okay so talk me through the tools first then we'll have a look at the screwdrivers so we've
got a pair of side cutters pliers long nose pliers we've also got a 3.5 millimeter terminal driver
and a pz 2 pozi driver okay so two screwdrivers in that kit so i'm thinking
of those early maybe 10 to 12 weeks that i'm in the workshop what am i likely to be doing
yep so those early stages you're likely to be only doing lighting circuits so this is perfect
for doing switches and ceiling roses and of course, you've got the pozi driver
for screwing your back boxes to the board okay so that's great that's got me into that first 12
weeks however at the corner of my eye i've saw something i'd probably call a pouch should we
have a look in there at the screwdrivers within that set as well let's take a look so what the
Kipex called it to call it a poun this they call it a carry case okay this is the carry case compact
step back that looks lovely shall we look at it again from the screwdrivers first of all so what
we've got this time so we've got a 3.5 millimeter terminal driver again okay we've also in this one
got a four millimeter under 5.5 millimeter as well as the posi drive screwdriver we also saw in the
other kit so two of them are replicated in here yeah so i'm thinking there that first 12 weeks
i've got it covered with my 3.5 flat head but what tends to happen is as students move through the
course they think that's the only screwdriver they need and generally you go into sockets next so we
demonstrate maybe where a student might fall down so should bring the light switch in first
so we've got the 3.5 millimeter okay let's have a look and that fits perfectly in that slot on
the switch perfect for those light switches okay but what happens is they tend to use the
same screwdriver again don't they they do so they tend to stick with this for the sockets
well it works it does work but the problem they're going to have is the termination will not be tight
enough because they don't take enough of that area up in the slot do they so is this where
the 5.5 comes in that's right so when we're in there oh yeah you can clearly see that it's got
all of the slot isn't it yep and obviously we can get tight determination that's right
however if you're thinking that this toolkit here in the red case is going to last you definitely
side cutters pliers posi drive screwdriver and all that for the entire length of your course
it's only the screwdrivers that you might need to add to but you're 10 12 14 weeks into the course
possibly what are you thinking about at that time jake well we're approaching christmas time
we are so this kit here could easily be added to couldn't it as your course develops and obviously
there's going to be a price difference between the two however we've left a little sneaky link in the
description that may still be live when you're watching this video that can also help with that
purchase by reducing the price slightly but it does depend on when you are watching this video
we're going to now take a look at the sidecut suppliers and stripping tools in both the cases
so we'll take a look at these side cutters and pliers first and these are in both kits
i'm going to demonstrate where we'd be using them obviously from a training point of view
as in in industry so you're going to bring in a piece of flexing nibble around the outside
yep so one of the first things students will do in college is strip some flex and make off
a plug top so 13 amp plug top and you teach them to nibble around the outer pvc obviously
break it off and then remove it that's really easy and then stripping the inner insulation
using the side cutters again okay yeah perfect yeah really good so we've got the pliers where
are we going to likely be using the pliers yep so i can strip with the pliers also but we'll be
using these to double over ah right so we could do that with the side cutters but of course when
we want to double our terminations into light switches ceiling rows etc we're always going to
be using our pliers in order to do so yeah in both kits obviously we're going to be almost your go-to
tools on there the psycho as employers however the keynote amongst you will notice some other tools
in this kit that the college won't tell you even exist why won't they do that no because they'll
make your life too easy yeah and nobody wants an easy life when training however the secret's
out now we're going to tell you some great out there we're going to start with the ergo strip
now we've reviewed it on the channel before so we will do a little bit of a demonstration here
but if you want to deep dive you can obviously check out the link in the description where we
go through all the great features of this you're backing with the same flex yeah
yeah college i'm going to tell you that exactly that was really easy and can you strip the inner
insulation off the conductors as well you've got the different size stripping holes on here as well
yeah that's too easy you're never going to be told that
however if you're really keen eyed and you know me
in 2021 i reckon the five in one or six in one pliers are probably my tool of
the year and again these are fantastic and they're probably gonna let you know
do you wanna give us a little demonstration how great they are yep so we'll use the shears first
yeah something quite satisfying about that as well no effort required again we've done a deep dive on
this so again i'll leave a link in the description for it but again once again just show us a few key
features so we go up to 1.5 and 2.5 so you're going to strip a little bit of flex again for us
wow that looked easy didn't it in order to strip those and again you've got the plier element
there so if you wanted to obviously you could obviously double over cables as well with those
yeah fantastic kits now as we said before i would suggest this one is easily built on
this is probably where you're stepping up and you've got pretty much all the tools in
one carry case that's going to be very handy moving forward and that case also comes with
yeah a carry strap yeah it does and a pair of adjustable grips doesn't it so when we lightly
conduit king likely to be using something like a pair of adjustable grips if you're doing a lot
of conduit like i have been lately these will definitely be a tool of choice in your teaching
experience jake is there any tools that you'd like to add to these fantastic tool kits from nipex
yeah well i would start by adding a tape measure a good point and i'd probably go with a hammer
however this has got all the bases really covered for screws and stripping cables and will make
your life that much easier when you're going through your apprenticeship but as always we're
interested in your feedback and your comments and anyone who's seen the videos that jake's produced
on conduit will know he likes to get back to every single comment so please leave them below