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why is the US not Metric
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schmitt trigger:

--- Quote from: Electro Detective on January 11, 2020, 10:02:29 pm ---

I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of ragged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rains.
I love her far horizons,
I love her jewel-sea,
Her beauty and her terror
The wide brown land for me!   


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This is such a beautiful poem.
Between it and the song "Land Down Under", have made visiting Australia one of the objects in my bucket list.

Right now, all I can do is enjoy a Vegemite sandwich.

bsfeechannel:

--- Quote from: SilverSolder on January 14, 2020, 03:25:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on January 14, 2020, 02:09:34 am ---
[...]  I'll have to think about something else to encourage people to go metric.


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Sex? 

"It is scientifically proven that people that understand Metric are more attractive to the opposite sex!"

"15cm or only 6 inches? - No contest!"

etc.   :-DD

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Nah. They'll complain that they won't be able to understand this Mae West's memorable quote:



No. It must be something that appeals to what they are crazy for, something they won't resist or raise objections to.
mariush:

--- Quote from: KL27x on January 13, 2020, 10:53:14 pm ---Also, the problem with "pure metric," is for when you are done doing the calculations. When you are building your thingamabob, you might have more than one gauge of wires at your work. It's easier to "Hey Bob, we're running low on the 14 gauge. Can you order some more?" Vs saying "hand me the 0.01787mm^2 wire." So why not use both?


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How is it easier to say 14 gauge... do you keep in your head all the diameters and areas for all gauges?

For example AWG 14 is 0.0641 in or 1.628mm diameter,  or 2.08 mm2  ... you could just round it and ask for 2mm2 wire or 2.1mm2 wire

0.01787 mm^2 area would correspond to something between AWG 34 and AWG 35...  0.00561 in , 0.143mm diameter and  0.0160mm2  ... just round it up and ask for 0.15mm diameter  or 0.02mm2 area ?

Instead of 40 gauges and 4 different 0 gauges, you could have 0.01mm .. 1mm in 0.01 steps or 0.025mm steps , 1mm..2mm in 0.1 steps, 2mm+ in 0.25mm steps ... not that hard.

Would be easier to just say directly the area or diameter... or maybe use another parameter like resistance per meter where actual thickness is less relevant (ex use aluminum wires or steel wires vs copper wires)
paulca:

--- Quote from: bsfeechannel on January 15, 2020, 01:01:37 am ---No. It must be something that appeals to what they are crazy for, something they won't resist or raise objections to.

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Metric has oil.
Metric are FREEDOM units!
GeorgeOfTheJungle:
But democracy is delivered in US customary units. >:D
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