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PSA: I've been stripping coax connectors for years and just found out my torque wrench was off
Had a bird come back with intermittent comms, traced it to a loose BNC. My old wrench was reading 25 inch-pounds but my buddy's digital gauge showed it was actually putting out 18. How often do you guys actually check your torque tools?
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hill.christopher19d ago
That "torque wrench was off" thing hits home. I had a batch of SMA connectors last year that kept failing vibration tests. Drove me nuts until I checked my click-type wrench against a calibrator. It was barely clicking at 15 in-lbs when it should have been 20. Now I stick a torque analyzer on my go-to wrenches every quarter, just to sleep better at night.
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thea_chen19d ago
@hill.christopher What kind of torque analyzer do you use for that check?
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