Originally Posted by Isotope235
Originally Posted by Jake
The engineer in my absolutely hates it when people use the numbers off a particular loos gauge as the reading. There is a conversion scale on the side of that thing for a reason. lbs or kgs tension is THE measurement to use to make notes or communicate that reading. It is the only measurement that is scientific and standard.

Does that mean the engineer in you doesn't absolutely hate it when people use units of weight (lb) and mass(kg) when they should use units of force (lbf and N) to measure tension? After, all, force units are the measurement that is "scientific and standard". grin


{facepalm}, yes, that. I had a coworker throwing up next to me twice this morning before I was able to demand that she go home (I was on two different conference calls with clients at the time and they were listening to it too)....that threw me off my game a little this morning ;-)....although, in my defense, the gauges do list their scales in "lbs tension" or "kg tension"...which I think is still technically correct since it's measured in a static condition and we're not concerned about the effects gravity in this case? I would have to look that up.

Jake Kohl