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Anyone use one?

Had my NIC audit other day, told to get one, been told in the past too but this guy I think won't take it well if I don't bother.

So, cheapest thing made and kept with the probe tips/H&S policy statement etc for annual inspections?

Or something decent? Whats good and what breaks? Anything with decent priced replacement tips, I find you do get through those PZ2's with all the carved up terminals that the cowboys and drifters leave behind. Y'know the ones actually causing the fires. Which will somehow be magickilly stopped by making non-fire causing skilled people change their tools.
 
Nope here too.

If any inspector wanted to fail my assessment because of not torquing connections to the manufacturer's recommendations, I would ask them to prove that I hadn't. Lack of ownership of a torque driver does not a loose connection make.
 
I went and bought 2 Armeg sets with all the extra bits, probably ÂŁ100 per set, waited for the yearly Niceic assesment and then proudly showed them to the inspector who immediately laughed and said they were a waste of money and didn't care for Torque drivers and equally did'nt care if we had them.:(:(
 
I fitted some MCCB's the other day, they had shear bolts on them.

So obviously the bolt heads snapped off at the correct torque.
 
I went and bought 2 Armeg sets with all the extra bits, probably ÂŁ100 per set, waited for the yearly Niceic assesment and then proudly showed them to the inspector who immediately laughed and said they were a waste of money and didn't care for Torque drivers and equally did'nt care if we had them.:(:(

Best get one in the post to the OP then ;)
We could start a rota where everyone on the forum could post their assessment dates, and the current "holder of the tool", as they would be known, could post it on to the next fella just in time to show the assessor.
 
I have an Armeg set and use it all the time to check all DB connections, also use a Wiha Torque set on occasions but they all do the same thing. Personally I am from the school that I do it by the book and if it goes wrong I can hand on heart say I did, wasn't asked if I had one on my inspection with Stroma. I am always amazed by how tight my torque driver takes the connections, probably tighter than I would naturally do by hand.
 
He's from London Andy, I don't trust them cockneys:D:D Only Kidding before all the jellied eel brigade jump on me LOL
 
Anyone use one?

Had my NIC audit other day, told to get one, been told in the past too but this guy I think won't take it well if I don't bother.

So, cheapest thing made and kept with the probe tips/H&S policy statement etc for annual inspections?

Or something decent? Whats good and what breaks? Anything with decent priced replacement tips, I find you do get through those PZ2's with all the carved up terminals that the cowboys and drifters leave behind. Y'know the ones actually causing the fires. Which will somehow be magickilly stopped by making non-fire causing skilled people change their tools.

Got one never used it, mind you I didn't pay for it


I see a Beautiful friendship emerging!! For the right price obviously.
 
I believe the Armeg ones have 1/4" blades so you can use any (long) bit in them and the replacement blades are much more reasonably priced than the other makes, however the total cost of the set is always a bit OTT.
Probably the cheapest ones are about ÂŁ60, I think wiha, but limited blades.
 
I bought a Wiha digital one, a few years ago after a melted connection was found in one of my boards. When set to manufacturers instructions I was shocked at how slack the connections can be. I am of the opinion the mcbs etc should be engineered to be stronger instead of to a minimum.
 
I bought a Wiha digital one, a few years ago after a melted connection was found in one of my boards. When set to manufacturers instructions I was shocked at how slack the connections can be. I am of the opinion the mcbs etc should be engineered to be stronger instead of to a minimum.

I am the opposite, find the torqued connections are way tighter than I would do by guestimation.
 

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