ECN Forum Forums Code Related Discussion NEC & other Code issues Torque Specs

George, see the test marks?




No problem with retorque on this one!

Great advice, Thanks!

Virgil,

I'll be glad to do your inspections & you can count on me to not mess with your work. I figure with travel & mileage to Pocohontas county, I should be able to do an inspection for about $450. What do you say?



BTW, if you have an older NEC handbook, 1996 for instance, there are some recommended torque specs in article 110. These are the values that UL was using at the time if the manufacturer did not specify a value.


Tom



[This message has been edited by Tom (edited 09-18-2002).]

'66wv — I'd heard a rumor that Sanford’s {the ‘Sharpie’ folks} just bought out an old torquewrench manufacturer, but your picture is the first evidence I'd seen of it...

Gnarley!

Sparky,

If the inspector touches your work, get his name and then write it down inside of the meter pan, etc. Write "This panel was tighten by Mr. AHJ on this date." When he asks you why you did that, tell him, in case something goes wrong, I want everyone to do who did the work. That might stop him. I would never touch anything that an electrician did, then I would become responsible.

One inspector I had used checked every terminal. The problem is that he finds lots of loose ones and how else do you check? (DIYers)

The inspector I used for this one had actually broken a lug in a metercan before (not mine). I think he learned his lesson then, but at this inspection he said he wanted to "gather his tools" and I informed him that everything was already open for inspection and torqued to specs.

I think the test marks drove the point home.