KTRIUMPH@aol.com
Subject: Re: Inches of water
>In a message dated 98-11-11 10:20:38 EST, you write:
><< Anyone have a conversion for inches of water to PSI? >>
>Just a guess but I recall from my scuba diving days that 33 feet of water
is 1
>atmosphere - 14.7 psi.
>Ken Nuelle
>58 TR3A
>62 TR3B
>64 TR4
Well, let's figure it out. Water weighs 62.4 lb/cuft which is .03611
lb/cuin. If atmospheric
pressure is 14.7 PSI (actually 14.696 but who's counting?) how tall would a
1 square inch
column need to be to weigh 14.7 lbs? A one inch column would weigh .03611
lbs. So a
14.7 lb column would need to be 14.7/.03611 inches tall or 407.08 inches or
33.9 ft.
Of course this is fresh water. Sea water would be a little different.
Also, this is at sea level.
So the conversion factor would be about 2 FT wc/PSI
Dave Massey
57 TR3
71 TR6
80 TR8
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