Electrical Construction and Refrigeration

Tool List

Electrical Maintenance Tool List

The following tools are required for students entering the Electrical Construction and Maintenance associate degree or certificate program.  The cost of the tools is approximately $350.  The annual cost of textbooks cost of textbooks is approximately $400.

Purchase only professional quality tools.  Past students have purchased tools at Sears, Home Depot, Lowe's, and specialty stores. Permanently mark each of your tools with your name or an identifying symbol, because your classmates will all have the same or similar looking tools.

There are two area vendors that sell discounted tools to students, Fastenal and Tinkertown Supply.  Tools purchased from either vendor can be delivered to the student's home during the summer, or delivered to the Electrical Laboratory at SUNY Delhi during the first week of fall classes.

Tinkertown Supply
Roger Woodruff
866-TINKINC
rogerwoodruff@tinkinc.net  

Skyline Electric Supply
Greg Long
77 Pomeroy Street
Cortland, NY
glong@skylineelectric.net
Ph: 607-753-7563
Tool Kit Name: SUNY Delhi Tool Kit
Kit number: M2O41455KIT
MSRP- $529.76
SUNY Delhi Price- $415.00

*The Skyline SUNY Delhi tool kit comes complete with all the hand tools listed on the required tool list.  This tool kit, paired up with the SUNY Delhi tool kit from Meier Supply, will set you up for success with the complete required tool list and give you good quality tools to last a lifetime. 

If you prefer to pick up the tools yourself, there are three area vendors that can supply the items:

Drogen's Electric
Southside
Oneonta, New York
607-432-9010

*Tools can be delivered to campus, or picked up in person at the store. Please order early to allow reorder time for out of stock items.

Required Tool List

• Electrician's leather tool holder with belt
• 16" hacksaw with 12 inch blade,
      should be professional grade such as Lennox, Klein, Ideal, Craftsman 3554 or 3559
• 18, 24, and 32 tooth hacksaw blade (2 of each)
• Two slot head screwdrivers
      3/16" blade X 4 " shank
      1/4" blade X 6" shank
• One Phillips head screwdriver,
      approximate size: #2 tip by 4" shank
• One 6" shank, screw-holding, slot head, screwdriver
• Precision screwdriver set
• 9" side-cutting pliers  (lineman's pliers)
• Diagonal cutting pliers (6 or 7 inch)
• Needle nose pliers  (6 or 8 inch)
• 10" arc-joint pliers (pump pliers) Channellock or Craftsman
• 8" adjustable wrench (crescent wrench)
• 16 ounce claw hammer
• 6 foot folding wood or fiber-glass rule (optional)
• Scratch awl
• 9" magnetic torpedo level
• Jackknife with 2&3/4 inch blade
• Combination wire stripper, bolt cutter, and crimping tool
  This should be professional grade such as Klein, #45-777, Ideal #30-428, or equivalent. This should be the type that strips wires at the front of the tool.
• Wire strippers, Ideal #45-215 or #45-315
• Utility knife with retractable blade (Optional)
• Tape measure
• Romex stripper (optional)
• Tool Box 12" X 12" X 18" or smaller (optional) 
  
  

Purchase the following items at the Delhi Campus Bookstore when you arrive:

• One pair of safety glasses with side shields
• 12" architectural scale/rule
• Drawing template (Timely #61 Circuit Aid)
• Hard hat: A hard hat is required for some outside field projects.  If you already have one, we recommend that you bring it to campus with you. 
• Two combination locks

HVAC and Refrigeration Air Conditioning Tool List

The following tools are required for students entering the HVAC or the Refrigeration Air Conditioning associate degree or certificate program.  The cost of the tools is approximately $1500.  The annual cost of textbooks is approximately $300.

The list includes some manufacturers names and numbers only as a source of reference. With tools, the old adage applies "you get what you pay for." Past students have purchased tools at Sears, Home Depot, Lowe's, and specialty stores. Permanently identify each of your tools with your name or a symbol because your classmates will all have the same or similar looking tools.

To secure your SUNY Delhi Refrigeration and Air conditioning tool kit:

Contact Scott Gauge at Meir’s Supply:607-724-2451. Inform him you are interested in buying the SUNY Delhi Refrigeration Tool Kit. (Be prepared to supply the phone operator with the students’ information and a form of payment.)

You must order by the second week in July for the tools to be delivered to campus on time!!

IMPORTANT: Meir’s supply does not carry all required tools. You will need to purchase the following separately:

• Cordless drill and impact set
• Drill bit set
• 2 padlocks.

Meier Supply
3 Louisa St
Binghamton, NY 13904
607-724-2451

Required General Tool List

• Hammer (klein catalog number – H80332)
• Screwdriver – 11 in 1 (klein catalog number – 32500MAG)
• Precision screwdriver ( Kelin catalog number – 32328)
• Allen wrenches Set (Klein catalog number – LLK12)
• Adjustable wrenches, 8" slimjaw and 12" standard (Klein catalog numbers – D86936 and 507-12)
• Pliers, lineman type 9" (Klein catalog numbers – D201-8NE)
• Adjustable pliers, (groove joint or water pump) 10" (Klein catalog number – D504-10)
• Pliers, needle nose 6" (Klein catalog number- D203-6C)
• Steel measuring tape – (Klein catalog number 9225)
• Two padlocks
• One pair safety glasses
• One pair leather palm gloves
• One pocket thermometer – digital (klein catalog number - ET10)
• One hand held Propane / map gas Torch (Turbo Torch brand)
• Compressor service ratchet wrench ( klein catalog number – 68310 and 86939)
• Tubing cutter, (Small Imp) (Klein catalog number – 88910)
• Tubing cutter, full size (Klein catalog number – 88904)
• Flaring tool kit 1/4" to 5/8" (Yellowjacket Brand)
• Swaging tool kit 1/4" to 5/8" (JB 4 piece kit, NOT ALL IN ONE TOOL)
• Copper fitting brushes 1/4" to 5/8".
• Refrigeration dual gage manifold set with hoses.(Yellowjacket Brand)
• access valve core remover (type that will physically remove core while system is under pressure)
• Multi-meter with Amp Clamp, ohms, continuity, capacitance, Volts, Amps and temperature settings
• MODBOX Tool Backpack
• Cordless Drill and Impact set with bits
• 1 Pack of Brazing rod similar to Harris Stay-Silv 6 Phos-Copper silver brazing alloy  .050” X 1/8” 
• wire strippers (Klein catalog number -1019)
• Metal magnetic dish
• Alligator clip wire jumpers
• Pen style reem tool (For copper tubing)
• 95/5 solder
• Flux
• Torpedo level (Klein catalog number – 935)