locknut wrench....

[Fulthrotl]

i don't get out a lot, it seems.

this appears to have been on the market a while,
and i just discovered it.....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KGYMvpqq5Y

 

[jusme123]

...a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, my tool box is heavy enough

 

[iwire]

...a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, my tool box is heavy enough

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[Smart $]

...a solution to a problem that doesn't exist, my tool box is heavy enough

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Whoever uses locknut connectors and KO old work boxes needs to have all their professional status documentation rescinded... and that includes Klein for even marketing the tool!

 

[GoldDigger]

Technically,. the raceway should be complete (including locknuts?) before you pull wires into it, yes?

 

[Strathead]

Technically,. the raceway should be complete (including locknuts?) before you pull wires into it, yes?

? MC.

 

[mgookin]

Great tool.

 

[domnic]

Locknut wrench

Locknut wrench

I have one it looks better than it works. I think I wasted my money. ( I'm a sucker for new toys)

 

[Smart $]

Technically,. the raceway should be complete (including locknuts?) before you pull wires into it, yes?

"Code technically" yes, if conduit... but as Strathead points out, MC... but I can't remember (other than that video) the last time I saw a locknut-type MC connector. :blink:


All that said, a reminder it's a sales video... and we all know those videos have to be the shining examples of our transparently-honest society. :happysad:

 

[mgookin]

I have one it looks better than it works. I think I wasted my money. ( I'm a sucker for new toys)

Can you provide any specifics?

Seems anything that can provide a quantifiable torque is better than what we've been using to date.

 

[jumper]

Gizmo.:thumbsdown:

Not worth it to me.

 

[K8MHZ]

A set of these might be handy to have.

http://premiertool.com/id77.htm

 

[jumper]

Basically electrical versions of a plumbers' basin wrench.

Helpful, possibly. Needed, no.

Installed many a faucet with a pair of channel locks.

 

[K8MHZ]

Basically electrical versions of a plumbers' basin wrench.

Helpful, possibly. Needed, no.

Installed many a faucet with a pair of channel locks.

I've had a few where the basin wrench was the only way to get the nuts loose. No room for anything else. I avoid plumbing, but the right tools make it less of a PITA.

 

[jumper]

I've had a few where the basin wrench was the only way to get the nuts loose. No room for anything else. I avoid plumbing, but the right tools make it less of a PITA.

Agree. The question is cost over convenience.

I gotta a dollar that says even without a basin wrench you still would have got that job done, not easily-but done.

Me, yeah I have a basin wrench, but not a not a lock nut wrench. Not worth the money for me, just my opinion only.

 

[K8MHZ]

Agree. The question is cost over convenience.

I gotta a dollar that says even without a basin wrench you still would have got that job done, not easily-but done.

Outside of tearing walls apart, you would lose that dollar. That's how I discovered the basin wrench in the first place. I was trying to work on a very deep sink with about an inch and a half space between it and the wall. I tried everything. I could barely touch the bottom of the faucet with a pair of channelocks or the like, let alone put enough force on the fastener to get it loose. I was ready to open up the wall behind the sink. A friend came over and took one look. He lent me his basin wrench and in just a few minutes, the nuts were off. I went out and bought one. I think it was about 12 bucks.

 

[MiElectrician]

That wrench is for cut in (gem boxes with Madison straps) boxes and you have to use lockout connectors to make them work.
I use a banger to tighten them though.

 

[JFletcher]

A professional, purpose built tool, which then demonstrates using a screwdriver as a prybar. irony.

then again, if it came with a special shaft to give leverage, it would be thrown away in 5 seconds.

 

[brantmacga]

I saw this on the counter a few weeks ago ...... Reminds me of that screwdriver Milwaukee made that combined a flathead, Phillips, and Robertson head screw so that it would "fit device screws perfectly....." Like they missed the point of what a combo screw head is.


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[readydave8]

...... Reminds me of that screwdriver Milwaukee made that combined a flathead, Phillips, and Robertson head screw so that it would "fit device screws perfectly....." Like they missed the point of what a combo screw head is.


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yeah I remember laughing when I saw that screwdriver:lol: