Using an impact driver - rattler - to tighten MCBs!

[pirate]

My impact driver has 3 settings. On the lowest one, it simply screws stuff in, slowly...but quicker than by hand, on the other two it uses impact to drive the screws. I have shattered PZ impact bits a few times and once the fragment of the bit lodged in my eyelid...a close call, and now I always wear safety glasses.

 

[telectrix]

and i thought you wore an eye patch.

 

[pirate]

T'was my good eye it hit!

 

[pirate]

Obviously, my motley crew always say "Eye, Cap'n!" cos saying "eye, eye Cap'n" would be taking the pi**

 

[casperLennon]

I have a Bosch go and I think it’s brilliant.

 

[DefyG]

I (very discreetly) checked them with a conventional screw driver they were all spot on.

How do you check torque settings with a conventional screwdriver to know they are 'spot on'?

I have a 12v impact which is far too powerful for mcb terminal screws so dread to think what damage a 18/22/24....volt impact drill could do.

 

[pirate]

The truth is, an impact driver is a stupid way of tightening accessory screws.
There...said it...
It's dumb and totally irresponsible.
Impact drivers are designed for a purpose, and it's not tightening delicate stuff, it's battering big screws into thick material. Take a 150mm long, 6mm screw, and drive it into a 2x4...perfect!
I'm not even putting my tin hat on, so do your worst!

 

[zolee]

I am using DeWalt 7.2V gyroscopic screwdriver. Max torque 4 Nm. 15 different torque settings. I absolutely love it!

 

[DPG]

What's a gyroscopic screwdriver? (he asked, assuming he was about to receive a stupid answer)

 

[telectrix]

I am using DeWalt 7.2V gyroscopic screwdriver. Max torque 4 Nm. 15 different torque settings. I absolutely love it!

but can it make the tea, not just stir it?

 

[telectrix]

What's a gyroscopic screwdriver? (he asked, assuming he was about to receive a stupid answer)

he puts it down point first and it don't fall over.

 

[DPG]

Cheers Tel.

 

[zolee]

What's a gyroscopic screwdriver? (he asked, assuming he was about to receive a stupid answer)

DeWalt DC 680G2 motion activated screwdriver
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[DPG]

Cleverest screwdriver I've ever heard of that.

 

[Marti]

Glad I asked this; after all - we are always being told how much the experience hands know but sometimes it's good to question. Now...about using a 16oz claw hammer to to ease the cables into a 25mm box