On Jul 10, 6:51*am, Jim Elbrecht wrote:
On Sun, 10 Jul 2011 06:37:35 -0400, micky
wrote:

From the online manual for a GE gas stove about 20 years old.

TOOLS YOU WILL NEED *
. Phillips and flat-blade screwdrivers
. Pencil and ruler
. Two pipe wrenches (one for backup)
. Open-end or adjustable wrench
. Nut drivers or wrenches: 3/16?? and 1/4??

Why do you need a backup pipe wrench? *Is one going to break? *Fall in
the hole?

That *could* happen--- but I suspect the second wrench is to hold the
other side of the joint from turning. * * I 'backup' a term for that?
I've never heard it-- but I've only played plumber in my own houses
for the last 40 years.

Backup wrench is the correct term. I've seen it used many times
in similar install instructions.




Another time a second pipe wrench was handy was when I put a pipe
wrench on the pipe-- then tightened a fitting above it with a crescent
wrench. * *The pipe wrench was jammed so tight against the wall I
needed another pipe wrench to ease the pressure off just a RCH to get
my first wrench back. * *I suppose 'backup' could be used in that
instance.

Jim