On a sunny day (Sun, 20 Feb 2022 23:12:02 +1200) it happened nospam.Vincent.Coen@f1.n250.z2.fidonet.org (Vincent Coen) wrote in <1645399145@f1.n250.z2.fidonet.org>:

Hello Andy!

Sunday February 20 2022 15:38, you wrote to me:

Vincent Coen wrote:

Could be a thing for your location (NZ ? ) I have from 35 down to 7
but that and previous two are 'very' small, is the screws on the UPS
any where near that small ?

I have a handy set of 4mm hex drive (i.e. not the usual 1/4" hex) bits
with T4 to T10 plus T15 and T20, also allen heads down to 0.7mm, ph000
etc, amazingly I've never lost a bit from the set.

I cheat - I keep then within the box / case they came in.

I also have some small sized one's with their own handle etc but these are for >micro working - my eye sight at that level how ever is a different
kettle of fish and that with new vari-focal very fancy Essilor varilux lens.

That said it takes me around two hours to read the Daily Telegraph which is a >full sized news paper.

Must try and find a large (12+" square) magnifier - my Dad had one off the >front of a very old b/w TV (going back to the 60's) he used originally for >reading maps when he was studying to become a LICENSED London taxi driver - >long gone (the magnifier I mean) :(

Vincent

I work a lot with small electronics, my solution now for the very small components
is +2.5 glasses from the local drugstore that I put on top of my normal glasses.
Cost next to nothing, and strength of the glasses just adds up.
Super magnifier!

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On Sun, 20 Feb 2022 01:13:18 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:

On Sat, 19 Feb 2022 22:04:51 +0000, Theo wrote:

In uk.comp.os.linux Jan Panteltje <pNaonStpealmtje@yahoo.com> wrote:

That should make it T8 if you measured it right?

On the set I have, the lowest is T5 and the highest is T20 Very useful
set, see that sort of screws more and more.
I ordered mine online from a big local store, was here next day.

It is worth buying a set that includes Torxes rather than just the one,
because there may well be other sizes inside.

A set like this is relatively inexpensive and handy to have around:
https://www.toolstation.com/draper-security-bit-set/p52910

For the smaller sizes I have this set:
https://store.ifixit.co.uk/products/mako-driver-kit-64-precision-bits -
not the cheapest (it was $30 in the US), but very useful when you need
it.

Noted with thanks - chickened out doing anything today (Saturday)
because weather, and helping troubleshoot pages in a Microsoft-based
website. Give me Apache any day. But did manage to research TORX wrench sources. I was quite surprised how few TORX tool sets don't go below T9.

Today I fought clear of building my gliding club's duty rosters (an all-
week job) for long enough to hit my local B&Q for a TORX key set. Just
tried it on the Riello UPS: T8 fits the case retention screws as
expected. Will get into UPS battery replacement as time permits: no rush
as currently my house server is up and running directly from the mains.

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