Never seen a kpa gauge before my balt.

Which is the better type gauge: the KPA or PSI??? Why do Canadians have KPA & Americans have the PSI?

 

Same damn thing. Just one shows in KPA and one shows PSI.

Personally, PSI is alot easier for me to understand.

 

Metric System.

 

KPA is sort of cool because it's the same unit for vacuum and boost. However when someone asks "How much boost you running!?" saying "110!" would get you wierd looks.

 

mine came with kpa, in canada.
but i swapped it out with psi.

MUCH easier at a glance.
and even though this country is metric, there are still some things that have always remained imperial.

Reading air pressures is one of them. (for alot of people anyway)

 

thats weird. I didn't know that. Very interesting. Would have figured tire press gauges up there would be metric?

 

Did you swap out the entire gauge, or did you just swap the faceplate? How long did that take to do? Where did you find a psi gauge?

I'm in the same boat, I can't stand the kpa.

 

KPA is not a unit of vacuum,

vacuum in standard conditions is

inches per water column

heres a quick conversion for people

there are 407 "H20(WC) for 14.696 PSI which is equal to 101.325 kpa which is also equal to 760 mmHG(mercury), which is also equal to 29.92 "HG(mercury)

typical canadians will refer to pressure as PSI, but im my line of work, i need to be able to figure out how many newtons of force there is on a diaphragm for actuators,

i prefer my self working in either KPA or BAR, PSI there is nothing wrong with it, as everyone works with it in your car, but when u hear someone say they 40 inches of vaccum, they are talking about water column not KPA. there is a huge difference,

just my stint for the evening

 

the whole gauge.
its a 10 minute job.

I bought it off members in the states who replaced theirs with mechanical gauges or whatever.

 

ahh ok cool. Thanks for the help.


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kilopascal = 1000 pascals = 1000 Joules/cubic meter

Its a force per unit area just like psi is.

 

Vacuum can and is measured in kPa, it is simply labeled as below atmospheric pressure. It, vacuum, is most often measured in mmHG (millimeters of mercury) or inHG (inches of mercury). You can use water but mercury is preferred because of its high density and low vapor level. You could be cool and measure it in torr and pascal (Pa) too, just no one will know what you are saying unless they are a science buff, or a scientist, or an engineer. My tidbit for the day.

Regards,

Ryan

 

wow you think simple question = simple response.. i guess not, i love the PSI guage, if your gonna buy an PSi guage get the Autometer 'cobalt' one. its wicked.

 

Yeah it really is simple and PSI is a lot easier for most unless you need another unit of measure for personal or specific reasons.

Regards,

Ryan