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I would have thought kilos per square cm would make more sense
I'm guessing that you are saying that in jest - but the numbers would be pretty much the same as 1 bar is equal to 1.01kg/cm2
The bar is a widely accepted unit - although most folks would be more familiar with the smaller sub-unit the millibar used in all our weather forecasts.
It would be pretty strange/confusing to hear the weather forecasters using psi.
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barnaclebill wrote: »Think I will go back to using my own compressor.
Are you sure that's any better callibrated than Sainsbury's?0 -
Update, pressures were my fault, returned to Sainbury's to check gauge and all working ok so must have been my mistake. Thanks to all who pointed out this was the likely answer and sorry I found it so hard to accept.
As to some later posts, all of the ships I sailed on built after 2007 had gauges in Mpa with some lower pressure in Kpa so it could come into use here. I recall driving an old BMW that had an oil pressure gauge in pascals0 -
If only this country could extract its collective head from its collective rectum, and actually finish the process of metrication that was originally timetabled to be completed over 40 years ago...0
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If only this country could extract its collective head from its collective rectum, and actually finish the process of metrication that was originally timetabled to be completed over 40 years ago...
I started my teaching career in 1970 - never once did I use any Imperial units in class.
But having said that I do believe that for the plumbing industry BSP (British Standard Pipe) measurements were adopted as an SI Metric? standard.
So for example a shower fitting from anywhere in Europe will fit in the UK. 0 -
Indeed it has. The pipe thread standards are:I started my teaching career in 1970 - never once did I use any Imperial units in class.
But having said that I do believe that for the plumbing industry BSP (British Standard Pipe) measurements were adopted as an SI Metric? standard.
ISO 7
ISO 288
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Good of you to come back and admit that, not many would've.barnaclebill wrote: »Update, pressures were my fault, returned to Sainbury's to check gauge and all working ok so must have been my mistake. Thanks to all who pointed out this was the likely answer and sorry I found it so hard to accept.
As to some later posts, all of the ships I sailed on built after 2007 had gauges in Mpa with some lower pressure in Kpa so it could come into use here. I recall driving an old BMW that had an oil pressure gauge in pascals0 -
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DarkShadow wrote: »After the EU referendum, it will no longer fit. Atleast we got our whatever back.
Yup - there is a guy in Gibraltar who is just itching to advertise the necessary adaptors on eBay. 0
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