Is PVC insulated gloves useful?

For electricians should be familiar with insulated gloves. Although everyone knows that electricians must wear insulated gloves during work, there are still people who are confused “is insulating gloves really useful?" 

 

Is insulated gloves useful? The answer is yes, insulated gloves are useful, and the role of insulating gloves in high-voltage environment and low-voltage environments is quite different. Insulated gloves can be used to operate high voltage disconnecting switch, high voltage drop fuses and circuit breakers when operating on high voltage electrical equipment. When working on low-voltage live equipment, it can be used as a basic safety tool, namely use insulated gloves to carry out live work directly on low-voltage equipment.

Insulating gloves can insulate human hands from charged objects, it is a safety tool to prevent workers from touching different polarity charged bodies at the same time. PVC insulating gloves can be worn to improve the insulation performance and prevent leakage current damage from human body when use insulating rods.

We also know that insulated gloves belongs to PPE, which play a protective role to human hands and body. They are made of rubber, latex, plastic and other materials, having function of anti-electricity, waterproof, acid & alkali resistance, anti-chemical and oil-proof. PVC insulating gloves are suitable for power industry, automotive & mechanical maintenance, chemical industry and precision installation.

 

Every type of protective glove material has different characteristics, it a special purpose depending on types of objects that contact with glove. Insulating glove for live working is an important part of insulation protection in personal protective equipment, with the development of electric power industry and the promotion of live working technology, the safety of insulating gloves for live working is proposed more stringent requirements.

So for the question of “is insulating gloves really useful?”, we now know that insulated gloves are definitely useful. However, it is necessary to master correct methods of using insulated gloves, to check the appearance of insulated gloves before using, this is also a consideration for everyone' s safety.