Hahaha..you guys seem to be the ones with the issues concerning kg/cm2. I'm just fine with it...especially relative to the other choices--a dummy L-H gauge that really isnt'a gauge (it's binary), or a gauge in PSI.
---------- Original Message ----------- From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 20:18:52 -0700 Subject: [USMA:26514] Re: Speaking of automotive gauges. > 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 ------- > > ------- End of Original Message -------
