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09-04-2018, 09:23 AM
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Gone Wild
 Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southwestern Pa.
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Heat shrink for wrenches?
Has anyone ever considered using heat shrink to insulate your wrenches or socket drive tools?
Coated wrenches for electrical work are expensive (not cheap!!) and I was brainstorming anything other than electrical tape. |
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09-04-2018, 09:27 AM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: Saint Petersburg, FL
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
My safety protocol involved laying a towel (preferably dry...) across the lithium cells I wasn't working on. So if something dropped or touched the pack, it would have to make contact through the towel to make an arc.
Not the most expensive option, but it prevented any issues and I would have had an arc at least twice while working on the pack if the towel wasn't there. |
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09-04-2018, 09:29 AM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: East Central Missouri
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
Haven't done it myself but looks like it might be an alternative. My dad did something similar with some of his tools 50 years ago.
https://www.flexsealproducts.com/blo...x-seal-liquid/ |
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09-04-2018, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: FT Lauderdale FL.
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
I use plastic dip on the tools I use for the cart. I also put a old rubber floor map on top of the batteries when I'm working on them
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09-04-2018, 11:23 AM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Richmond, VA
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
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Beat me to it. Dip them in plastidip. |
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09-15-2018, 01:44 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southwestern Pa.
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
Thanks for the information guys. Plastidip is great stuff for this!! Respect the lithium terminals!! There is lots of power in 'em!!
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09-15-2018, 03:23 PM
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Not Yet Wild
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Central Arkansas
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
Looks great, Dave. I should have done that.
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09-15-2018, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: FT Lauderdale FL.
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
Good job Dave. That stuff will save you
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09-15-2018, 06:19 PM
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Gone Wild
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southwestern Pa.
Posts: 6,214
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Re: Heat shrink for wrenches?
Thanks....but all the credit goes to the fellows who said to buy it. And at like $10 for the "jar" that I got......it's a steal!!!
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