If you had Fahrenheit only on a set of instructions, you might have your hand smacked, but the authorities are lax at doping that. I have seen some Pizza boxes that recommend reheating their products to 400°. Not only do British cookers not go that high, but if you did, you would end up cremating the pizza.
However, if as a result of using °F and failing to declare the "F" part you cause damage, then you could be liable in the civil court. There is currently a case which is likely to go to court in which a thermostat failed, hot water fed back into a cold water tank, causing the tank to weaken and then fail and then flooded the room below killing a baby. Although it is unlikely in this case that misuse of units of measurement was an issue, it would not be impossible for a similar case to happen where the underlying cause was a misunderstanding regarding units of measure. In such a case the manufacturer could face a manslaughter charge. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 16 January 2008 19:18 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40094] Re: Metric epoxy Hmmm, is it actually legal to put Fahrenheit only on packaging sold in the UK? Does anything regulate indications of temperature? Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Had they failed to put the "F" on the packaging and tried to market the > product in the UK, they would have had the Trades Description Act thrown at > them. Any UK resident would have every right to assume Celsius and if > boiling water caused a joint to fail when the user could justifiable assume > it to hold, the supplier would probably be sued for damages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Michael Palumbo > Sent: 16 January 2008 17:53 > To: U.S. Metric Association > Subject: [USMA:40088] Re: Metric epoxy > > Those mixed-measure packages make me cringe a bit. > > "2 Ton", "2500 PSI", "-60 F to 200 F", but then 25 mL & 25 g/L. > Absolutely fascinating to me. > > At least they bothered to put the F after the temperature readings, I > suppose. > > -Mike > > Nat Hager III wrote: > > Purchased at the local hardware store this morning, here in south-central > > PA. Nice simple package design. > > > > Nat > > >
