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Tool kit 1956

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The NJIC rule requirements for an electrician's kit of tools in 1962 (unchanged from 1956) was:


Ratchet Brace and set of bits

Large screwdriver and one small

2 pairs of cutting pliers

2ft or 3ft rule

Adjustable hacksaw frame

Pair of 7-in Footprints and 1 pair 9-in ditto

Bradawl

Wood chisel

Pad saw

2 Hammers

Plumb bob and line

Knife

Spirit level

Tenon saw

Centre Punch

Wheel brace

Pair side cutters

Set of spanners 1/8" to 1/2" Whitworth

Set of box spanners 1/8" to 3/4" Whitworth

Adjustable tap wrench

Miniature 6-in hacksaw frame

2 cold chisels, small and large, or (where appropriate) 1 cold chisel and 1 tonguing chisel


I have the wage rates for 1962 of 6/4 1/2d (now 32p) an hour with an apprentice at 15 on 20% of this, at 16 on 25%, at 17 on 30%. at 18 on 45%, at 19 on 60%, at 20 72.5%......


Sometime, I'll price the tools up from contemporary catalogues and in the meantime, have a think about how many weeks it would take to buy the tools!


Regards


BOD

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    BOD


    The requirement to inspect and test appeared first in the First Edition of the Wiring Regulations in 1872. It said,


    "The difficulties that beset the electrical engineer are chiefly internal and invisible, and

    they can only be effectually guarded against by "testing" or probing with electric currents.

    They depend chiefly on leakage, undue resistance in the conductor, and bad joints, which

    lead to waste of energy and the production of heat. These defects can only be detected by

    measuring, by means of special apparatus, the currents that are either ordinarily or for the

    purpose of testing, passed through the circuit. Bare or exposed conductors should always be

    within visual inspection, since the accidental falling on to, or the thoughtless placing of

    other conducting bodies upon such conductors might lead to "short circuiting" or the sudden

    generation of heat due to a powerful current of electricity in conductors too small to carry

    it."

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    BOD


    The requirement to inspect and test appeared first in the First Edition of the Wiring Regulations in 1872. It said,


    "The difficulties that beset the electrical engineer are chiefly internal and invisible, and

    they can only be effectually guarded against by "testing" or probing with electric currents.

    They depend chiefly on leakage, undue resistance in the conductor, and bad joints, which

    lead to waste of energy and the production of heat. These defects can only be detected by

    measuring, by means of special apparatus, the currents that are either ordinarily or for the

    purpose of testing, passed through the circuit. Bare or exposed conductors should always be

    within visual inspection, since the accidental falling on to, or the thoughtless placing of

    other conducting bodies upon such conductors might lead to "short circuiting" or the sudden

    generation of heat due to a powerful current of electricity in conductors too small to carry

    it."

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