Re: stag-digest V4 #5

["Mike Bennett" <M.Bennett@domain.elided>]

Dear Ron:

100KPa = 14.7lbs/sqinch = 1Atmosphere (approx). Take care not to confuse
absolute pressure and gauge pressure (the latter is the pressure above the
1atmosphere we all prefer to breathe).

Thus I think your gauge is reading 20 Kilopascals (KPa) or 1/5 of an
atmosphere, or about 3 lbs/square inch.

Mike Bennett
Sydney
>The other question on a more serious note is the oil gauge fitted reads in
>Kpa.  I assume this to be an atmospheric / pressure type gauge.  it hovers
>on 2.0 or is it 20 but I am darned if I can relate to it in Lbs as I don't
>know if the pressure is good or bad!.  (The gauge was made in England by
>Smiths and was fitted by a previous owner, Sadly it doesn't match the rest
>of the dials as it is MK1 Black), I guess I will be in the market for a few
>dials soon.
>
> Anyone a thought ?  If it is anything like diving I think one atmosphere
>is about 15Lbs per square inch.
>
>Ron Brown
>MK II 1977 Flamenco Red
>Gold Coast
>Australia