staple gun; pairs of electrician's, waterpump, and locking pliers; and a hammer? You the jaws of the locking pliers are closed by squeezing unlike water pumps, electrician's, and other pliers, the jaw opening is
Have been holding wires to be twisted with needle nose pliers and twisting with duckbills. Would advantage of electrician's or lineman's pliers be that the 14 would not slip out of the pliers and wrap around the 12? Is that what's happening
somewhere possibly upstairs. DO NOT try any (old and dead) electrician's trick as it can kill you and burn your house down. A breaker time in a live circuit. Use a rubber handled screwdriver and pliers if needed. Only move one wire at a time from the old switch