Normally, I am a stickler for proper units. But not when someone is asking for
help. Now to address a few things.
When talking to gear-heads, the terms pounds come up in tire pressure and in
torque output of the engine. I usually bite my tongue and insert the proper
units.
As for kg weight. Have a look at cereal packages. And, there are metric systems
that use kg as a unit of weight. That is just as confusing as Americans using
pound for a unit of mass and a unit of force. The only saving grace is that 1
kg (1 lb) mass weighs 1 kg (1 lb) force on earth, at sea level. Still, the
introduction of a constant to Newton's famous equation is a pain.
Finally, kilocycles per second is still a valid and descriptive unit. It isn't
in the SI system, but it makes understanding frequency easier.
I would like to see the United States join much of the rest of the world and
adopt SI. We would crash fewer probes on the surface of Mars that way.
Best Regards,
Paul
tapped out on an iPad
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