Anyone got Wiha Torque screwdriver

[Simonslimline]

Pretty sure electricians have managed to properly terminate connections for many years gone without the need for a torque driver.

 

[LankyWill]

Work issued me one and it's handy to have. It saves you wrenching the mcbs and causing them damage and it also saves fatigue on your hands by needlessly over tightening. The kits really good and easy to setup. Just watch 1mm connection as they might snap due to torque setting.

 

[shanky887614]

they might be handy till you try proteus then you try the tug test and the cables come out of the breaker

 

[LankyWill]

Never seen any proteus kit so I would not know

 

[Pete999]

Never seen any proteus kit so I would not know

Once used never forgotten, biggest load of rubbish ever produced imo

 

[davesparks]

Work issued me one and it's handy to have. It saves you wrenching the mcbs and causing them damage and it also saves fatigue on your hands by needlessly over tightening. The kits really good and easy to setup. Just watch 1mm connection as they might snap due to torque setting.

Learning to tighten a screw properly will save you from damaging MCBs when you tighten them .
And if 1mm snaps due to the amount of torque applied then you are over tightening it

 

[LankyWill]

Once used never forgotten, biggest load of rubbish ever produced imo

I feel the same when it comes to volex bloody terrible

 

[LankyWill]

Learning to tighten a screw properly will save you from damaging MCBs when you tighten them .
And if 1mm snaps due to the amount of torque applied then you are over tightening it

If your using the specified nm how's it your fault if the 1mm snaps?

 

[davesparks]

If your using the specified nm how's it your fault if the 1mm snaps?

Because you've over tightened it !

 

[LankyWill]

Because you've over tightened it !

Read it again and you might understand!

 

[shanky887614]

If your using the specified nm how's it your fault if the 1mm snaps?

because the torque is the recommended max!!!! torque not what you should be hitting every time.

 

[LankyWill]

because the torque is the recommended max!!!! torque not what you should be hitting every time.

No they specify what nm each connection should be tightened not there abouts. Why would they specify a number and expect you to just go a little below that. It's a specific number for a reason. Think!

 

[davesparks]

Read it again and you might understand!

I have read it and I do understand .

If you tighten a terminal to the point where the conductor snaps then you have over tightened it, what is there not to understand?

 

[LankyWill]

I have read it and I do understand .

If you tighten a terminal to the point where the conductor snaps then you have over tightened it, what is there not to understand?

The brand specifies the nm that each connection should be tightened to. If they specify 2nm and this causes the 1mm to snap it's not your fault it's the brands. Get it?

 

[davesparks]

The brand specifies the nm that each connection should be tightened to. If they specify 2nm and this causes the 1mm to snap it's not your fault it's the brands. Get it?

That is your fault , if you don't have the basic practical skills to tighten a terminal correctly them electrical installation is not the job for you!