How Much Torque Can a CORDED Impact Make? + Dyno Test Extension Cord Losses 

Torque Test Channel, I really appreciate your content. I have used the information I learned when purchasing tools. I would also appreciate if you acknowledge my comment. I am interested in sending you my Milwaukee M18 1/2" impact (non-fuel). If this isn't the correct place to contact you let me know please. The tool is in good shape, and you aren't gonna hurt it. Thanks again.

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lol well dam you did do a video on it. . super cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The link is to a 12 volt impact wrench (run off a car).

There was a load of them on eBay shipping from Vietnam for a while. 60 flat.

That was my thoughts exactLy

As an electrician, I came to say this.

I would say most outlets are run with 12 gauge cable at least in this country today. So if you’re running a 12 gauge extension cord you’re pretty much running exactly what’s in the wall. Your best case practice is just around the shortest extension cord you can from the closest outlet available to you.

Thanks, we added this to the video's FAQ!

Worse, all of those bright-orange store bought extension cords that are ubiquitous across the entire planetary hemisphere are like 16 gauge. Only toolbuffs//enthusiasts buy an actual 14/12ga

all true, though if the switch isn't DC rated (it's probably not) you'll eventually burn the switch up

ive got some 13,800v terminations and a spare 50a bucket, bet we can get it with that =D

Send one to Photonicinduction. 😂

@@MikeGalusha that's the best idea yet

If the impact doesn't get the nut off, the electrical short / fire will torch it off

we run 240v in the UK. its like fire waiting to happen

It is bulky AF but yeah hard to beat for that dollar amount

And you get an arm workout...

I got my like 1200 nut busting Milwaukee on clearance for $55 but I didn't have any Milwaukee tools yet but that's how I got into the Milwaukee line

Bought a porter cable half inch for 60 and change on Amazon. Its been a tank!

@@james10739 O_O SHEEE, good deals lol. Even at the kit price, these are not bad prices when compared to well...the most expensive...Snap on. Milwaukee on a lot of stuff seems to be above the consumer grade and at the more industrial/pro grade but still OK prices. Not HF cheap but also not HF ''quality'' Whatever gets the job done really. That being said, paying like 700 bucks for a BARE TOOL from snap on seems just nuts.

Now we need to get him a Makita tw1000

Isn’t it fun busting nuts

Hahahaha

I've used one in some pretty heavy-duty situations and I will say that the last time I used it I smelled some burning. This was after failing to break loose an incredibly rusted camper stabilizer jack, so I think I got some of those fireworks without noticing it. In the impact's defense I couldn't get the bolt loose with a 24" breaker bar and good deadlift form, I'm pretty sure that thing is going to take the torch to come loose. I was expecting it to be higher than the cordless since it can pull more power but I guess the motor does the same thing whether it's coming from a battery pack or a wall socket.

Hitachi has brushless corded impacts, they're crazy expensive...

@@eargesplitten9876 Often batteries can put out more power momentarily than wall outlets. Strange but true.

@@mihkus 338 dollars on amazon idk what brick and morter store has it

I’m glad I don’t have your house’s wiring. Electrical cords are stranded, and thus have a lot smaller load rating compared to the same gauge solid romex and other solid in-wall rated wiring. But the performance of this impact was not drastically reduced, but let that cord get warm, maybe still have 25feet still coiled up on the ground, I’d bet that results would be even more of a loss, maybe not much, probably a total of 10-15% loss but still, you can see the difference in the resistance (and eddy currents when coiled) in extension cord.

Comparing same rated wire and length. I did not think i had to state that but i guess this is still the internet

@@donpayton737 imagine having someone explain to you why you're wrong, and you don't have the brain capacity to understand it🤣

@@donpayton737 comparing 12 Guage stranded wire to 12 Guage solid wire are the closest you'll get to "same rating", and the dude literally examined why with an example. You're just to dumb to understand it, clearly.

12 gauge stranded and 12 gauge solid would not be the same rating because stranded and solid are not equal they do not have the same load capacity at equal length. Equally rated wire you would have a larger diameter or lower numbered gauge of a stranded wire to equal a solid wire. So I don't know how is it when that happens

Breaking axle nuts is easy push the breaker bar down with one foot no cheater needed. If you weigh around 230lb and using a standard 15" in 1/2 you are creating almost 288 ft lb of torque 230 x 15" or 1.25. No axle nut is torqued beyond that figure unless its commercial duty vehicle or a Semi rig.

@@wmc128 well, it was on an 85 MR2 where everything was rusted. I was bouncing on the end of it and the only thing spinning was the tire on floor. Parking brake was on and my friend was standing on the brakes.

Mostly mechanics here. Other than serious DIY guys I can't imagine who else feels the need to get this kind of info.

@@BigMac2222 farmers, tool junkies, hoarders, random old lady that doesn't know what she's doing on RU-vid, everybody's Grandpa, everyone's dad, etc...

I use my big Bauer as a backup for very stubborn nuts & bolts. Aside from that I have a stubby M12 3/8 Milwaukee for everyday use. I'm also tempted to buy the 1/4" compact Hercules that HF sells. It looks like it would be good for doing delicate bolts as its' torque rating is low. :)

i just picked one up today for a crank pulley nut, before i bought it i soaked it in wd40 overnight hit w/M18 impact wrench first, then cranked on it by hand...said F it and picked up this Bauer and the nut came off in no time.

I thought it was bc of the planetary gears in it.. 🤷

My friend and I each have one of these big Bauer's. He bought his because I let him use mine. I feel this thing is for the instance of needing to pull out the big guns when the bolts/nuts are suborn. For normal everyday use I have a Milwaukee 3/8 M12 stubby impact. :)

That's why I ended up getting mine, I was working on some very stuck bolts on my car and couldn't afford a big enough compressor and powerful air tool, so I figured this thing would give me all day power without worrying about batteries. Now I want to get one of the Thors but I'm pretty sure my 6 gallon air compressor would last like 5 seconds before dropping to useless pressure.

@@eargesplitten9876 That's why I never bothered with air powered impacts. The big air hungry ones like the Thor require a good 60 gallon air compressor to get decent run time if you're doing a lot of bolt removal. A good affordable 60 gallon compressor is between $650 - $750, requires its own 230 volt hardline into the house and needs to be plumed with air lines and fittings. You could probably buy the big battery powered Milwaukee, a couple batteries and charger for cheaper than the air compressor alone. Plus you don't have to put oil in it with every use like air powered ones. That's been my dilemma with trying to get back into autobody painting. In order to get any decent run time with a good spray gun I need a decent sized compressor and good ones are expensive. Which I can't afford it at the moment. Plus I have no place to store it. So all of the rechargeable variants of air tools have been the best choices for me as I already have the batteries. :)

I've used it on axle nuts aka cv nuts without any issues. Also used it to press a bearing with a forcing screw style press. Both are about as tight as bolts/fasteners get on cars. Only tighter bolt on my suv was my control arm bracket and it had no problem there either.

What year 300? I had a '67... I made a press from angle iron and two brake drums, used a hydraulic bottle jack to press the joints out (out of the car obviously). I am happy with my Bauer impact, it does stink of Chinesium when you use it.

@@scowell 2006 300. I love to hear about the old school methods. Not much American ingenuity anymore. The smell of chinesium is a bit much, but it goes away. Tool is still a beast!

@@wim0104 Correct, My TBI brain farted. I'll fix it. That is a 20 amp outlet. I've wired plenty of 20 amp outlets with the stiff 12 gauge wire when I wire my shop.

Thank you, we really appreciate it

Can we use this corded from ac to dc converted from the car 12v outlet ?? Could you please reply

That’s a great idea. Use a torque wrench set at various levels as your calibrated standard for force, and then compare that against what the gauges are telling you. Who knows how far they might … or might not … be off.

@@shubinternet The issue (as I understand it) isn't that their measurement is off, it is that what they are measuring isn't the twisting force applied. They are measuring a clamping force. I believe that is similar to what some manufacturers do also to generate their claims (if they don't just make it up) so it is a reasonable comparison, but not what I think of when I think of force applied to a nut or bolt.

I went through the comments to see if anyone else questioned their cord before I put in my 2 sense. If I had to guess based on how the extension cord compares to his hand it's prolly 16 gauge. A high amp tool like that impact is hungry for amps n would love a 12 gauge or heavier cord

@@benmiller5015 this tool draws 8.5 amps a 50ft extention cord would need to only be 14g . That equates to only 1.9% voltage drop. Well within recommend

@@benmiller5015 In the description. 16 gauge, we wanted to provide sort of a "oh well, i have this" scenario. Not a best case one

@@foxwood67 I'd still play it safe with a 12 gauge or better