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Fred,

Where can you buy those lights?

And, do they have a web site?

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After trying Hundreds of different Tool holding and carrying methods, my current setups are:

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[*]Three separate Tool Belts - ranging from small and simple to multiple pouches,


[*]Three separate Klein Tool Bags - from small to large,


[*]Four separate Tool Boxes - from Power Tools to Comm / Data Tools,


[*]Two Test Tools Boxes.
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Still on the quest for better and "Modular" stuff.

Hope to find the "Holy Grail" for Tools / Testers someday!
Should I try a Paganistic approach and sacrifice Wirenuts to the Switchgear Gods???
[Linked Image] [Linked Image]

Scott s.e.t.


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Just Say NO To Green Eggs And Ham!
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master66, My first one came from the Snap-On tool guy. My electrical supply house started carrying them a year later. Someone told me they had a website. Try searching Streamlight on Google. I have also heard of a site called flashlights.com that has them.

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Fred/'66—

I wondered when LED-flashlight questions would surface at E-C.net.

Some sources are www.brightguy.com { www.brightguy.com/streamlight-stylus.html } www1.ecxmall.com/stores/texastacticalsupply/Catalog.bok and www.glow-bug.com

For the truly crazed, there is www.candlepowerforums.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi and www.ledmuseum.org { ledmuseum.home.att.net/ledleft.htm }

NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR UNEXPLAINED LARGE CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS related to these links.




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Gotta agree with Matt M, as a maintenance electrician the belt gets heavy. I use a cordura Klein pouch that weighs around 12 lbs. Also carry the same stuff in shirt pocket, unless leaning over the paint tank, then everything even the Copenhagen can comes out of the pockets. Mangers don't like things going thruogh the pumps. And Trainwire the wife says NO Leatherman at church!

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I also work maintenance and must carry a small arsenal. I do it mainly to reduce downtime or to keep from climbing stairs 100 times a day.

Matt M. I've got one of them bright little flashlights that eats "AA" batteries and use my hollowed out "d" cell flashlight for terminals, lugs, and wireties. I don't know the name of the light but it's very handy and bright.

my pouch:

Square D wiggy
Fluke 87
clamp amp
410 Channel locks
3M crimpers
6" cabinet flatblade
6" AB terminal strip flatblade
6" phillips
Ideal strippers 10-22
needle nose
2 safety locks
roll of 33
assortment of jumpers and wireclips

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I had seen an Electrician one time get into the pouch so much, that he even had a complete set of metal cutting drill bits, 1/4", 1/8" etc. Plus the pouch was over filled. This guy was good and he was very quick. I know when I had started in the field in 72, the main thing was speed.(non- union) shop. The faster you worked, the happier the boss was. Then as you put a few years in you realize that speed is not everything, but it's how the job looks, neatness to code, etc.
I still prefer the hack saw over the roto split. Maybe I'm old fashioned, and still like the Hacksaw.

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Can't go past the old toolbelt,eh?,
I like to have my tools with me and available
at all times on a job.
On my belt, I carry:
Linemans Pliers (Klein)
Sidecutters(Klein)
Long-nosed Pliers(Klein)
Terminal screwdriver (Wiha 1000V Ins)
Various other Insulated Screwdrivers(6)
No.2 Square Drive screwdriver(a necessity over here)
Fluke T5-1000 Tester and Holster
Type N Duspol Tester(worn around neck) [Linked Image]

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I like to carry my #2 klein flat tip, phillips, klein needle nose with #12 strip hole and a pocket knife in my pocket. it really depends on whats going on that day. running conduit, pulling wire, digging a trench [Linked Image] I really dont like tool pouches. mainly because I have a cheap belt thats a hand-me-down from a guy who was 100 pounds heavier than me. but it works when i need it to. I have a klein 10 pocket pouch. and a canvas fitting/screw/wirenut bag on the other side.
gotta have my Marlboro's handy too.
*hack* [Linked Image] * ehem* *


I did not get as think so badly as you shocked I did.
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What is a toolbelt?

Linemans:
back left pocket

strippers:
front left pocket (hanging by the handle)

one phillips head, one flathead, one speedy:
back right pocket

volt pin: usually in my hand because i'm paranoid

this is the set up for working a residential finish anyhow...

oh and my 4 footer holding my drill - one big flathead which acts as the hanger for my apron (wirenuts, crimp sleeves, 8-32s, etc)


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