Overheard at LG’s 84-in 4K Launch Party
Frank Lloyd Wright Meets Klingon Empire in High-Tech Home
CCTV Security Reaches the Cloud
Florida 'White House' Features Fully Integrated System
Print
Email
Comments (3)
Share
- Latest
- Subscribe
- Blogs
- Research
Key Digital’s KD-HD8x8XC Matrix Switcher Supports Simultaneous HDMI & Cat-5 Outputs
Nortek’s Core Brands Selects New Protocol for Wireless Multiroom Audio
Photos
Xbox One: Microsoft Debuts Next-Gen, Gesture-Controlled Console
Alarm.com Sues Telguard/ Telular over Cloud-Based Security, Home Automation
Shure In-Ear Headphones Utilizes Patent Pending Design
Panasonic Plasma TV News: Pricing and Distribution
People On the Move: HTSA/Blair, Vutec, Hypex Electronics, Almo
Slideshows
Featured Topics
- Amplifiers
- Audio
- Automation & Control
- Central Vacuum
- CE Pro 100
- Displays
- Distributed Audio
- Distributors
- Equipment Racks
- HDMI Corner
- Lighting
- Motorized Shades
- Mounts & Lifts
- Movie Servers
- Multiroom Video
- Power Protection/Mgmt.
- Receivers
- Security
- Speakers
- TVs & Displays
- Universal Remotes
- Video
- Wire & Cable
White Papers
10 ‘Go To’ Tools Every Technician Needs (and Why)
Whether it's a multifunction tool or one for an individual special need, there are certain often-overlooked 'A-level’ tools for measurement and termination that every datacomm technician must have.
Most guys (and some gals) have an ongoing love affair with their tools. Having the right tool for the right job can evoke a Tim Allen-like grunt of pleasure.
But for integrators and their technicians, tools are even more special. They represent their livelihood. So for a low-voltage/datacomm contractor by any name—voice/data/video (VDV) installer, A/V specialist, security dealer, etc.—there is a short list of tools for both measuring signal strength and terminating twisted-pair and solid-core cable that they cannot live without.
According to Dave Mueller, VDV senior product manager at Klein Tools, the biggest question facing integrators is whether to carry individual tools for each task or look for multi-function tools that can do several things. He has pinpointed the:
- Most valuable low-voltage stripping/cutting/terminating/crimping tools
- Most valuable low voltage measurement tools
- Most valuable tools for retrofits/existing homes
- Most valuable tools for new construction
- Most unique tool
- Most overlooked tool
View the 10 photos attached to this entry
Subscribe to the CE Pro Newsletter
Read more Wire and Cable stories
The Delicate Balance of HDMI Performance Signatures: Part 3WAVE Distributing Launches House Brand for Mounts & More
Monster to Support High School Nation Performing Arts Program
Stampede, Key Digital Reach Distribution Deal
Savant HDBaseT SmartLink Modules Transmit 1080p Up to 328 Feet
More in Wire and Cable
Article Topics
News · Slideshow · Wire and Cable · Electrical · Datacomm · Tools · Cable · Klein Tools · Wire ·About the Author
Jason has covered low-voltage electronics as an editor since 1990. He joined EH Publishing in 2000, and before that served as publisher and editor of Security Sales, a leading magazine for the security industry. He served as chairman of the Security Industry Association’s Education Committee from 2000-2004 and sat on the board of that association from 1998-2002. He is also a former board member of the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation. He is currently a member of the CEDIA Education Action Team for Electronic Systems Business. Jason graduated from the University of Southern California.
3 Comments (displayed in order by date/time)
AVdude - Thanks. I mistakenly used the wrong image. It has been corrected.
The locaters are nice tools but one can do the work of others. you overlooked a nice pair of non shorting (oxide tip) needle nose pliers.
Page 1 of 1 comment pages
Modular Plug Crimper is not the same as KLEIN TOOLS 1005 Crimping/Cutting Tool.