Isaac-1
Well-known member
This is not directly RV related, this question is coming from someone with a bit of an engineering background. Why is it the Electricians ignore torque specifications for screws, and almost always over tighten them, often to the breaking point? I had to replace a wire going to a breaker today (30 amp to a water heater), only to find that the professional electrician who had replaced the breaker box a few years ago had over tightened the flat head part of a flat / square drive screw to the point of snapping off half the head on one of the hot lines. Thankfully I had a set of square drive bits, and was (barely) able to get the screw loose with it as it was starting to strip out.