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    UK gallon or US gallon



    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.


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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

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

    Someone confirm it, please.
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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    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.

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Sandro Baptista View Post
    I suppose it should be UK gallon » Imperial units, right?

    Someone confirm it, please.
    Quote Originally Posted by MikeHolm View Post
    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.

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    1 Gallon = 4.8Ltrs
    1 US Gallon = 3.8Ltrs

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by frank View Post
    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

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    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?
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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by taz24 View Post
    Does that mean that a US pint is smaller than a British one.

    Another reason why we should drink British pints

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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.

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by Sandro Baptista View Post
    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.

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by taz24 View Post
    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.

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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
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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by frank View Post
    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!

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Quote Originally Posted by chemi-cool View Post
    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

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    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)..
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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Yeh, metric became the norm here AFTER i'd just learnt imperial, 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.
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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    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)

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

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

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    Re: UK gallon or US gallon

    Well, back to the serious subject:

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

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

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