On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 15:28:33 -0500 , Adrian Jadic
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This refers to electrical pipe and not industrial plumbing pipe.
>
>I beleive it is a lot easier to change the standard for electrical
>installations, as these ones are usually either installed new or just
>removed and never have to be partially replaced because they leak.
>
>The electrical industry is already dominated by IEC standards as they have
>proven to be superior to the NEMA ones. They must be moving "to the next
>level" by upgrading the standard.
>
>Plumbing is different though. Maintenance work would become a nightmare of
>adaptors etc. As much as I would like to see a replacement I doubt there
>would be one. The only way, would be to invent a totally new plumbing system
>with different sizes and/or attachments which is superior to the existing
>one.
If the UK can convert to a metric pipe system, I don't see why other
countries (including European) should have so much difficulty.
--
Chris KEENAN
UK Metrication Association: http://www.metric.org.uk/
UK Correspondent, US Metric Association
