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Using drill with socket adapter instead of wrench
- Thread starter Zipsort
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Its what I use and finish with a torque wrench.
No loose LPG present when we use the battery operated drills.
Right. Of course you don't want to open up a collection pot with one.. I have noticed they kind of seem to shred up the nuts a little bit, but it just saves on so much elbow grease.
Using an impact driver? Or drill low speed
As far as I know all drill motors are brushed commutated rotor designs, same goes for most power tools, vacuum cleaners, and many, if not most kitchen appliances. Usually these motors are open to ambient for cooling, something like a hand blender is in the gray area where you need to discover if it's internally hermetically sealed or not for yourself.
I employ a spark producing device, a Variac, I'm just very careful where and when it's used.
The drills I’m using are brushless dewalt
Which is what I use, and not to sound like a broken record, but there is no butane above LEL present when we use them.
Absolutely. If thats already a concern definitely don't be using drills. Do you notice any worse shredding of the nuts?
That's a unique product, thanks for pointing it out. Is the rest of the circuit spark-less also? To get high torque under over a broad RPM range brushed motors are usually used, getting the same performance from brushless motors is expensive, requiring quality magnets and robust controllers.
I thought zero ignition points within the extraction area was the standard??
Yankee Screwdriver
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee_screwdriver
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Terpharvester
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Buy thesehttps://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B005GT0IWK/ref=ya_aw_od_pi?ie=UTF8&psc=1 use them to do most of the work then finish with a torque wrench
Which one do you use the drill or the driver? Also it seems those do not have brushless motors which is not good
Terpharvester
New member
I used the drill at first then broke it when tightening 12in hp clamps on ptfe from maxing the drillout then continuing to turn it using the drill body as the wrench, dont do that lol. I then started using the torque driver after that on ptfe envolopes and basically max it out too While I highly recommend against this I've used both on a column leaking large amounts of solvents, So I don't really care if it's brushless or not. Really this should only ever be used on a system before solvent enters it. Keep it away from the fire Marshall too he will not like it. He'd like to see and air driven one being used.
I don't use the torque for anything but loosening and removing. I tighten with a torque wrench and If I develop a leak during the process, I simply use a socket wrench.
The drill is a convenience tool to lighten the load, not perform it all.
I recommend not doing so, but for those of ya'll who think they need it to perform under explosive conditions, may I suggest an air driven screw torque wrench and a search for non-sparking impact tools(????).
