On 16 June 2012 00:37, N. Christopher Perry <[email protected]> wrote: > There are about 1.3 Nm to a ft-lb.
Which would reduce confusion no end, except motor manufacturers want bigger numbers, so like to use oz-inch in the US. There was a similar tendency in the metric world, but it seems to have passed. You do occasionally see motors with peculiar units, my dad has one with (I think) kilo-dyne-metres on the rating plate. (that's about 100 x Nm, ie 1 kdm = 0.01Nm) -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
