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Subject:Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Mon, 10 Feb 2020 18:53:12 -0800

Yup, and the pendant in me has to point out one bar is 14.7, not 14.1 psi.

:-)

Alistair

> On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:19 PM, KIM BRENNAN <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Fwiw, outside the USA they use millibars when talking about air pressure, like in weather forecasts insteads of the inches (of mercury) used in US public broadcasts.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 19:10, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I wondered how long it would take for this thread to degrade! 
>> 
>> But I now am able to ask Alexa for conversions and I’m figuring it out pretty easily.  At this point even if it gets stuck on bars I’ll have a pretty good idea if I’m close to the desired PSI. 
>> 
>> Thanks folks. 
>> 
>> Eric Caron 
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Feb 10, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> the Europeans use Bar instead of PSI...
>>> here's a joke on the other side of the pond...
>>> 
>>> - how many bars you have?
>>> - 4
>>> - 4 bars?.. and how many drinks?
>>> :-)
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 2:32 PM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net <mailto:ericcaron96@comcast.net>> wrote:
>>> I just received a replacement talking tire pressure gage.  On one setting it read 37.5 PSI
>>> On another setting it read 2.5 Bars. 
>>> 
>>> Not sure how to Google this question so I’m asking 
>>> 
>>> What are bars and how do they relate to tire pressure. 
>>> 
>>> Eric Caron