WIHA speedE – SPEED AND SENSITIVITY - BY PETER BRETT
by looking at the white writing in the insulation above the tips. The writing is quite small, and I needed my glasses – but then I should be wearing them for doing detailed work anyway. The screwdriver bits all have a hex shank and fi t quite snugly onto the torque adaptor or directly into the handle with no play at all, and with no danger that the bits are going to slide out under working loads.
Using the speedE
It pays to experiment with the speedE before using it on a real job, as there are a few things to get used to. For example, there is a very tiny, but very handy LED light in the handle which is directed straight onto the workpoint.
I am very much in favour of worklights now with my ageing eyes, and this is particularly good because often electrical boxes and fi ttings can be hidden in dark corners and cupboards. To activate the light, simply give the ring switch a quick turn to left or right and it will come on and stay on during any powered screwdriving activity. Once the driving stops, the light turns itself off after a few seconds. The light also has the job of indicating when the battery needs replacing. When the battery drops below 20%, the light will be fl ashing/blinking. Power screwdriving is still possible with a low battery, but when only the light works the battery has no power left but
can still be used as a normal screwdriver. The ring switch is very easy to use as Wiha have got the ergonomics just right. Operated between thumb and forefi nger, you just have to choose to tighten or loosen the screw by turning the switch to the right or left respectively. The speedE tightens screws to a maximum of 0.4Nm, which is enough torque to ensure that plastic electrical fi ttings like plug boxes and junctions don’t crack. The user can then use a sensitive human hand to tighten up screws where necessary. This is really where the ‘speed’ part of the speedE comes into play. I still come across the need to tighten long patress screws into light switches, and the speedE makes this a painless and mercifully shorter task. However slick the operator is, he or she cannot remove or tighten screws faster than a speedE. I know, as I did some experiments with an electrician colleague - armed with the speedE, I beat him every time.
There is no doubt that this is a quality piece of kit that needs to be used to its full potential to get full value from it. It is, at once, a standard interchangeable bit VDE screwdriver as well as a powered VDE driver - which will save time and effort when doing some of the boring jobs such as unscrewing the long screws which are a feature of some electrical components.
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TBH September, 2018
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