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Subject:Re: PSI and Bars, for tire pressure
From:Stephen Grisanti
Date:Mon, 10 Feb 2020 22:56:00 -0500

Pendant or pedant, or autocorrect?

Stephen

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> On Feb 10, 2020, at 9:53 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
> 
> 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