Patent ID: 7703195

Claim:
A method for manipulating an electrical wall switch fixture comprising the steps of: a. providing a tool including an insulated handle having a base with at least one slotted opening for receiving a toggle lever of said fixture, at least one magnet for temporary engagement with a magnetically-attractive surface of said fixture, a wire stripping slot at an edge of said handle, and a replaceable blade adjacent to said stripping slot such that a sharp edge of said blade partially protrudes into said stripping slot for engagement with an insulated sleeve of a wire to be stripped; b. magnetically engaging said tool to said fixture by temporarily attaching said at least one magnet of said tool to said magnetically-attractive surface of said fixture, wherein said toggle lever of said fixture fits into said slotted opening of said tool; c. holding said temporarily attached fixture using said tool; d. stripping an amount of said insulated sleeve from the end of said wire by placing said wire into said stripping slot and rotating said wire against said blade; and e. attaching an end of said wire to a terminal of said fixture.