Torque screw driver anyone bother ?

[Dustydazzler]

Ok tin hat on for a minute...

I have never ever bothered to acquire or use a torque rated screw driver

I have been offered a second hand wiha one by a mate for £20 as he is buggering off to Spain to work

Are they worth using ?

 

[robd]

Anthony not knocking him but these are the reasons we get things imposed on us by the regs, lads just chucking it in and not checking. I personally do it up, give it a wiggle and then do it up again. Before I finish testing I check them all for tightness as well. What does it take, one minute?

 

[Pete999]

Might be good if you know what the right torque setting is for fixing bake light surface back boxes and junction boxes to a wall/joist.
As the amount of times I've just thought to myself just another quarter turn will do.....then crack!! Fcuk!!

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[Pete999]

Might be good if you know what the right torque setting is for fixing bake light surface back boxes and junction boxes to a wall/joist.
As the amount of times I've just thought to myself just another quarter turn will do.....then crack!! Fcuk!!

Edit Deleted and it's Bakelite all one word.

 

[freddo]

Edit Deleted and it's Bakelite all one word.

Surely it's urea-formaldehyde.

I checked the tightness of all the other terminations in DB not expecting much.........

Had to alter some wiring for differently abled use in a brand new house, first owner not yet moved in. Got 5 turns on one of the incoming terminals of the main switch.

 

[Pete999]

Surely it's urea-formaldehyde.

Had to alter some wiring for differently abled use in a brand new house, first owner not yet moved in. Got 5 turns on one of the incoming terminals of the main switch.

May be but it certainly aint Bake Light

 

[freddo]

Maybe.

 

[Pete999]

Maybe.

OK maybe but it aint bake light

 

[7029 dave]

I have to use one, in certain circumstances , but I trust my arms Dave tight.

 

[Red Tony]

Edit Deleted and it's Bakelite all one word.

That's predacted Texas for you!
That's predicted text for you!

 

[freddo]

Perhaps the manufactures should just fit shear bolts to all their consumer unit terminals.

 

[Charlie_]

Perhaps the manufactures should just fit shear bolts to all their consumer unit terminals.

After looking at some of the installs about I think they already have

 

[UNG]

A torque screwdriver is a pretty useless piece of kit unless it is very regularly calibrated, just a small drop or knock could affect it's calibration . If you get it calibrated every 12 months and it is found to be working lower than it's set value do you then go back to all your customers of the last 3 or 6 or 9 months to recheck your work
In reality the only reliable way of using one is to have a calibration unit and check the driver before every job but that is an expensive option that no one will pay for. Therefore the age old talk method of "yes that's tight" works for me

 

[Charlie_]

Torque tools only necessary for industrial applications imo

 

[Deleted member 26818]

If an instrument is found to be out of calibration and giving incorrect readings/measurements, you only need to go back to previous customers for as far back as it takes you to find one that is correct.

 

[Christian1981]

They are a load of ---- had to buy a set when working on new build housing. Specific torques for different manufacturers and all of them felt loose would not trust them as far as I could throw them. I saw them in the shed yesterday.