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 -------
