Conversion of units ....

[Guest]

Noted sometimes people need conversion of various units ... HP to KW etc.

This little utility can help ...

Conversion Plus

available via MR H Vac utils page

I posted on R2R ... as I think it more relevant here ....

 

[Evadne]

Thanks Nigel. For everything else, you might find this one useful.

Dave

 

[FullCircle]

Last night was reading Munros Electrical and Magnetic Theory for Ships Masters, 1954.

Pleased to learn that :

erg= dyne/cm

I never knew that.

 

[Guest]

Re: Conversion of units .... Tks Dave ...

As you can imagine - with my line of work - I have so many conversion tables and calculators - that they fill discs !! Problem with them all is that one has error in one field, another has it in another etc. etc. So I haven't found one that is accurate enough in all yet.

The one I posted is good enough for everyday use and non-essential work.

When it comes to job - we refer to ASTM Table 1 etc. which has absolute factors ... but then again it is limited in its range of units etc.

 

[PembrokeshirePromise]

Re: Conversion of units .... Tks Dave ...

Or this one - also free ...

http://joshmadison.net/software/convert/

 

[DJE]

Ever heard of a software package called Mathcad? I use it here a lot as an alternative to spreadsheets. One of the best features is the ability to assign a unit to any variable. Then if you try to add a length to a mass it won't let you; but if you divide a force by an area it automatically gives you the answer in pressure units. Also it does all the conversions internally so you can input in inches and pounds and get the answer in KiloPascals. Takes a bit of learning and not without its quirks. Just wondered if anyone else was using it.

 

[Malish]

typically american - converts yards to meters but does not say if they are gas or electric /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[Guest]

I usually work in specific tables as required by arbitration courts etc. - so tables such as suggested here and I use for general non-specific jobs are really interest only.

Please understand that if anyone asks for me to pass on the official tables - I am not allowed to as per Contract and licence.

 

[Vara]

Not quite as sophisticated as some detailed here but meets my requirements;
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/detai...;displaylang=en

Microsoft calc+,for those with XP

 

[tazzle]

many useful ones here - but I can't believe they have whole java apps pages for basic trig - does no-one remember SOHCAHTOA anymore?

 

[NealB]

I thought it was.....

Concentration And Hard Study Often Helps To Overcome Amnesia

 

[Rowana]

Use this one myself -

http://www.onlineconversion.com/

 

[markdj]

I found a great free converter called UnitConverter sponsored by Quad-Lock. I does every conversion imaginable and you can add new ones if the current 3000 conversions tools are not enough!!! ;-)

http://www.quadlock.com/about/unit_converter.htm

 

[philip_stevens]

Yet another converter, this time from CR Magnetics

 

[LadyInBed]

Microsoft calc+
Have you looked at it's currency converter?
It's a joke!

 

[philip_stevens]

This one is OK.