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04-05-11, 12:45 PM

I'd forgotten the tyre pressures for the Volvo so had to resort to the manual. And there they are, totally unintelligible. 230 front, 210 rear. Whaaaat???

Most peeps in the UK work in psi. Garage pressure gauges might work in Bar. But this is KPa - kilopascals. I'd never heard of them. To get to bar, you divide by a hundred. So, 2.3, 2.1.

Where did these come from...

04-05-11, 12:55 PM

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=kilopascals&l=1

hehehehe

dizzyblonde · 04-05-11, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed

Volvo

totally unintelligible.

Where did these come from...

Welllll.....they obviously came from the book that only old people can read, when wearing yellow plastic over their specs lenses.

Tiz secret text, ya see, all will become clear when you find the yellow plastic, inserted in the back of the manual

G · 04-05-11, 01:11 PM

I thought that was pretty normal, I do a lot of miles so always check tyre pressure and most cars I've had have had the pressures noted in PSI, BAR, KPa

04-05-11, 01:18 PM

KPa I believe is metric and the agreed unit under the SI. Psi is an old imperial measure. Bar is an old British measure.

At work we have all three on various systems and equipment. I guess it's a bit like the fact you can still buy a pound of strawberries at a fruit and veg market. It would be ridiculous to retrofit every single piece of equipment using the old measures.

sv4me · 04-05-11, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ed

I'd forgotten the tyre pressures for the Volvo......230 front, 210 rear. Whaaaat???

Ed put that much in in psi and see what happens.....

04-05-11, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by sv4me

Ed put that much in in psi and see what happens.....

Who........what................why would any one buy that!!!!!

andrewsmith · 04-05-11, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimmy2Feet

Who........what................why would any one buy that!!!!!

I would to annoy the loafer wearers

04-05-11, 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewsmith

I would to annoy the loafer wearers

Fair point taken!

Bri w · 04-05-11, 05:03 PM

Ed, you aught to try servicing anaesthetic machines, especially older ones.

The gas going in is at 4 bar = 58psi give or take a midge's whatsit. The gas going to the patient, or test lung for engineers, used to be measured in litres but for pressure it was in millibar.... or centimetres of water, and now kpa. But its still 4 bar going in.

And giving one of our new/young engineers a job on an old machine to service... if it were a patient on the end of it they'd have lungs like a couple of Spacehoppers by the time the engineer gases up the test lung.

04-05-11, 12:45 PM	#1
Ed Guest Posts: n/a	This is a new one on me I'd forgotten the tyre pressures for the Volvo so had to resort to the manual. And there they are, totally unintelligible. 230 front, 210 rear. Whaaaat??? Most peeps in the UK work in psi. Garage pressure gauges might work in Bar. But this is KPa - kilopascals. I'd never heard of them. To get to bar, you divide by a hundred. So, 2.3, 2.1. Where did these come from...

04-05-11, 12:55 PM	#2
benji106 Guest Posts: n/a	Re: This is a new one on me http://lmgtfy.com/?q=kilopascals&l=1 hehehehe

04-05-11, 01:11 PM	#4
G Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 3,770	Re: This is a new one on me I thought that was pretty normal, I do a lot of miles so always check tyre pressure and most cars I've had have had the pressures noted in PSI, BAR, KPa __________________ 6.67300 × 10-11 m3 kg-1 s-2

04-05-11, 01:18 PM	#5
Stenno Guest Posts: n/a	Re: This is a new one on me KPa I believe is metric and the agreed unit under the SI. Psi is an old imperial measure. Bar is an old British measure. At work we have all three on various systems and equipment. I guess it's a bit like the fact you can still buy a pound of strawberries at a fruit and veg market. It would be ridiculous to retrofit every single piece of equipment using the old measures.

04-05-11, 05:03 PM	#10
Bri w Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Turre, Almeria Posts: 668	Re: This is a new one on me Ed, you aught to try servicing anaesthetic machines, especially older ones. The gas going in is at 4 bar = 58psi give or take a midge's whatsit. The gas going to the patient, or test lung for engineers, used to be measured in litres but for pressure it was in millibar.... or centimetres of water, and now kpa. But its still 4 bar going in. And giving one of our new/young engineers a job on an old machine to service... if it were a patient on the end of it they'd have lungs like a couple of Spacehoppers by the time the engineer gases up the test lung. __________________ *"It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years."* Currently - Fighting the urge... seen a nice Triumph America Previously - Honda CB125, Honda CB400-4 & BSA B40, Moto Guzzi 850, Yamaha RD250, Suzuki GT380, Kawasaki Z1B, Kawasaki Z650, Honda VFR, Triumph Street Triple R.