As you appear to be the Mazda owner, I'd say it's up to you, not us, to take it up with them. <g>
Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Brian White >Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 19:34 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26513] Re: Speaking of automotive gauges. > > > >Ok..that's all fine. >You guys should take that up with Mazda who provided a kg/cm2 oil pressure >gauge. <g> > >And like I've said before, bar is much more handy in automotive scenarios. > > >---------- Original Message ----------- >From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:16:46 -0700 >Subject: [USMA:26512] Re: Speaking of automotive gauges. > >> To give you a briefer response than the one provided by Gene, the SI >> unit of pressure is the pascal (Pa). Tire pressure and oil pressure >> should be measured in kilopascals (kPa). >> >> The average person doesn't need a full explanation -- just the conversion >> factor from pounds per square inch (6.894 757). >> >> Bill Potts, CMS >> Roseville, CA >> http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >> >> >-----Original Message----- >> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >Behalf Of Brian White >> >Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 17:28 >> >To: U.S. Metric Association >> >Cc: U.S. Metric Association >> >Subject: [USMA:26510] Re: Speaking of automotive gauges. >> > >> > >> > >> >Uhh..no converter. >> >I used the factory OEM gauge from a "rest of the world" Miata. In >> >this case, >> >my gauge came from a Canadian spec car. >> > >> >Your please note response is one of the reasons many Americans >> >think we're a >> >bunch of wackos. Although, that's fine to discuss that sort of thing >> >(force/area vs mass/area, etc) with others in the know (this >mailing list), >> >you start talking to Joe-6-pack about it, and you'll lose him >quicker than >> >anything. >> > >> >So...if I pushed on a metal square...really really hard. I'd say that's >> >pressure I'm applying. If I measured the force hitting that little >> >square...could I not say that the force I was measuring was the >force of my >> >pressing it really really hard? >> ><grin> >> > >> >See...we start getting too weird with this stuff..we lose our audience. >> > >> >---------- Original Message ----------- >> >From: Gene Mechtly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >To: Brian White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >Sent: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:16:46 -0500 (CDT) >> >Subject: Re: [USMA:26488] Speaking of automotive gauges. >> > >> >> On Mon, 4 Aug 2003, Brian White wrote: >> >> >> >> > I converted my oil pressure gauge in my Miata from PSI to kg/cm2. >> >> > ... >> >> >> >> Brian, >> >> >> >> Please note that the SI unit of pressure is newton/meter2, force/area >> >> (N/m2, or pascal); kg/cm2 is mass/area which is *not* a pressure. >> >> >> >> PSI is pounds (force)/inch2, not pounds (mass)/inch2. >> >> >> >> Did you use a *converter* which fails to distinguish between mass and >> >> force? >> >> >> >> Gene. >> >------- End of Original Message ------- >> > >------- End of Original Message ------- >
