[Healeys] Today's Rant

[Robert Begani]

There are  industries in countries which have not converted because American Industries were the primary suppliers to the world, such as Airconditioning.  Still today parts for new AC systems are made in inches such as copper tubing and the fittings and other items because they have to fit the compressors and evaporators which are also still in inches or Imperial measurements.   No maker of AC systems wants to make a system that cannot be repaired because the correct parts are not available. 

 

There are a few exceptions such as Mini Split AC units.  These were developed for the small homes in Japan and are all metric.  The have become popular worldwide and those units are not made in the USA nor are the parts.  The Chinese are the prime supplier today with Japanese brands.

 

Bob Begani

 

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The odd thing is that in many countries that have converted there are some really strange exceptions. 

In Canada the construction industry, including I believe HVAC still uses imperial.

In the UK road distances are in miles but fuel is dispensed in litres making fuel economy calculations a tad odd!

Of course now here in Canada, as in most of the civilized world, fuel economy is expressed in litres per 100 km which to someone of my age is a bit confusing because "more is worse"  rather than "more is better" as it was in MPG. 

 

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