Valves tapping...?

5th_bike · 06-26-2010, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by alantf

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Originally Posted by burkbuilds

Hey Alantf, I'm not sure about European/British measurements, but here in the US A gallon has 128 fluid oz (4 Quarts)and thus Each Quart is 32 fluid ozs and also is 2 pints, which means each Pint is 16 fluid ozs.

That must be why English & American gallons are different. English 20 fluid ounces to a pint, American 16 fluid ounces to a pint.

I've just checked on the internet, to make sure I'm not getting confused again, & sure enough, English is 20 fl oz.

Just did a conversion check on the internet, as well. 1 US gall = 0.8327 Imp gall, & 16 divided by 20 = 0.8, so the figures seem to work out (almost)

:lol: Whenever I have to do any calculations involving area/volume/length at work, I first convert the imperial/US units to metric, then calculate the answer, and then convert the answer back to imperial/US units :retard: