2001-11-20

Mine do, and I have Goodyear tires.  They list the pressure and load weight
(mass) in SI first in rational numbers.  My tire pressure is listed as 300
kPa (44 psi).  I still have to look at the psi, as the pumps here that have
dials don't allow you to select kilopascals.  It sure would be smart if the
gauges and pumps only displayed kilopascals, as there isn't a tire out there
anymore that doesn't show metric.

One thing of interest, I noticed machines of Asian origin and some European
that still use "kg/cm^2" for pressure and "kg.m" for torque.  I did notice
on those that showed "kg.m", that "N.m" was also listed, even though it was
secondary.

I wonder what it would take to get the countries still using old metric to
start using SI.  I know the BWMA and there like make fun of SI because of
the use of older non-SI units.

John



----- Original Message -----
From: "Stephen C. Gallagher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 2001-11-20 11:08
Subject: [USMA:16255] Re: Tire pressure gauge in kPa


> kPa only,  I'm not so sure.  I have one here in Canada that
> has kPa on one side and psi on the other side.
>
> This raises a question.  Do tires sold in the US have
> the max pressure listed in kPa as well as psi?  I'm sure
> most people in the US don't know what kPa means, but
> it would be nice to know if it's even included on the
> tires.
>
> Stephen
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Jadic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: November 20, 2001 10:41
> Subject: [USMA:16252] Tire pressure gauge in kPa
>
>
> > I guess we had a similar discussion sometime ago but I am looking for a
> tire pressure gauge in kPa (only). Anyone knows a source? (in US).
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Adrian
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