[RE-wrenches] Over-torquing Module Clamps?

[William Miller]

That phenomenon could be just the result of the fasteners resting exposed to the elements. 

William Miller
www.millersolar.com

> On Sep 7, 2021, at 9:42 PM, Corey Shalanski <coresolar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Will,
> 
> I'm not sure if this is what you were asking (I see that your message was directed to Jerry), but we 'discovered' the over torquing by setting our torque wrench on the spec value and confirming that the wrench 'clicked,' and then progressively increased the setting higher and continued checking until the wrench did not click and nudged the nut a bit.
> 
> --
> Corey
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Sep 7, 2021 at 7:29 AM Will White <will at solarenergy.org> wrote:
>> Jerry,
>> 
>> I'm curious, how did they prove over torquing? When doing inspections it's easy to find connectors that are under torqued but I haven't heard of a reliable way to check for over torque.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Will
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