UK gallon or US gallon

[Sandro Baptista]

Guys, please help me

When for example gpm appear on a book the gallon are UK or US? What is the standard?

1 m3 = 219,97 UK gallon = 264,17 US gallon.

[Sandro Baptista]

I suppose it should be UK gallon » Imperial units, right?

Someone confirm it, please.

[MikeHolm]

It depends where the book is written. In the US, most people don't know there are two sizes for the gallon and most books written there are for the domestic market. I would assume US gallon unless otherwise stated.

[taz24]

I suppose it should be UK gallon » Imperial units, right?

Someone confirm it, please.


It depends where the book is written. In the US, most people don't know there are two sizes for the gallon and most books written there are for the domestic market. I would assume US gallon unless otherwise stated.

The UK has not used the Gallon since the 70's so any written refferance from the
80's onwards will only be using SI units.

So as Mike suggested I would imagine that gallons written will be US Gallons.

taz

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[frank]

1 Gallon = 4.8Ltrs
1 US Gallon = 3.8Ltrs

[taz24]

1 Gallon = 4.8Ltrs
1 US Gallon = 3.8Ltrs

Does that mean that a US pint is smaller than a British one.

Another reason why we should drink British pints :)

taz

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[Sandro Baptista]

There is many technical literature with I-P units (Imperial).
Ashrae for example have a version no SI units (its I-P units). They use for the volume flow gpm (gallons per minute). On this case are the gallons US or UK?

[MikeHolm]

Does that mean that a US pint is smaller than a British one.

Another reason why we should drink British pints :)

taz

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Always drink British pints. I don't think the volume has anything to do with the quality, but the Americans might beg to differ.:)

[MikeHolm]

There is many technical literature with I-P units (Imperial).
Ashrae for example have a version no SI units (its I-P units). They use for the volume flow gpm (gallons per minute). On this case are the gallons US or UK?

Ashrae will be US gallons. Even on the Thai Ashrae site it is in US.

[paul_h]

The UK has not used the Gallon since the 70's so any written refferance from the
80's onwards will only be using SI units.

So as Mike suggested I would imagine that gallons written will be US Gallons.

taz

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So what are the british talking about when they say MPG, surely that's still in use as you use miles for speed and distance. imperial or us gallons?
If imperial, when that's just cheating, making your vehicles seem more economical that US cars ;)

[chemi-cool]

1 Gallon = 4.8Ltrs
1 US Gallon = 3.8Ltrs

To be precise, there are two [2] US gallons and one UK gallon:
1 gallon [US, dry] = 0.968 938 978 33 gallon [UK]
1 gallon [US, liquid] = 0.832 674 184 63 gallon [UK]

1 gallon [US, dry] = 4.404 883 8 liter.
1 gallon [US, liquid] = 3.785 411 784 liter.
1 gallon [UK] = 4.546 09 liter.

Which means that you should measure in liter per minute while you are supping a UK pint!

[frank]

Which means that you should measure in liter per minute while you are supping a UK pint!

A MINUTE!! it doesn't last that long my friend :p:D:D

[stufus]

In in Ireland a pint is a pint as Frank say's they don't last too long.WTF is a gallon and who cares ? If i went into a boozer and asked for a gallon i'd be told ,take what your given and enjoy it!
But if you prefer shorts ,they're bigger over here(in Ireland)..
Cheers/Slainte
Stu

[mikeref]

Yeh, metric became the norm here AFTER i'd just learnt imperial:rolleyes:, you know, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts =1 gallon, 8 pints = 1 gallon. Then the 1 pint milk bottle changed to 600ml. Seems some rounding off happened. Now i use 4.5 litre as one gallon..Mike.

[MikeHolm]

At least you don't live next to the elephant. We keep trying to be metric and the Yanks keep pulling us back. The funny thing is that they are officially a metric country and the "official" pound is weighed off against an official "kilo" kept in Paris, I guess. You would never know it, living there.

Litres all the way, I say (but if my beer comes in 500ml cans or pint glasses, I don't care)

[MikeHolm]

And kilometers to go before I sleep (I think someone said once).

[Sandro Baptista]

Well, back to the serious subject:

GPM should be see as US measure since UK literature already uses S.I. units, right?

[MikeHolm]

If it is a new book or published in the US...yes